U.S. patent application number 16/329157 was filed with the patent office on 2019-07-04 for systems and methods for intra-operative pelvic registration.
This patent application is currently assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp.. The applicant listed for this patent is MAKO Surgical Corp.. Invention is credited to Kevin Bechtold, Eric Branch, Varun Chandra, Ta-Cheng Chang, Sunil Gupta, Matt Thompson, Zhu Wu, Zenan Zhang.
Application Number | 20190201155 16/329157 |
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Family ID | 61301668 |
Filed Date | 2019-07-04 |
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United States Patent
Application |
20190201155 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Gupta; Sunil ; et
al. |
July 4, 2019 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRA-OPERATIVE PELVIC REGISTRATION
Abstract
A system for intra-operatively registering a pelvis comprising
an acetabulum with a computer model of the pelvis in a coordinate
system. The system may include: a) a surgical navigation system
including a tracking device; and b) at least one computing device
in communication with the surgical navigation system. The at least
one computing device: i) receiving first data points from first
intra-operatively collected points on an articular surface of the
acetabulum, the first data points collected with the tracking
device; ii) receiving a second data point from a second
intra-operatively collected point on the pelvis, the second data
point collected with the tracking device, the second data point
corresponding in location to a second virtual data point on the
computer model; and iii) determining an intra-operative center of
rotation of the femur relative to the pelvis from the first data
points.
Inventors: |
Gupta; Sunil; (Fort
Lauderdale, FL) ; Chang; Ta-Cheng; (Weston, FL)
; Zhang; Zenan; (Fort Lauderdale, FL) ; Bechtold;
Kevin; (Fort Lauderdale, FL) ; Thompson; Matt;
(Fort Lauderdale, FL) ; Branch; Eric; (Fort
Lauderdale, FL) ; Chandra; Varun; (Fort Lauderdale,
FL) ; Wu; Zhu; (Fort Lauderdale, FL) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
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State |
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MAKO Surgical Corp. |
Fort Lauderdale |
FL |
US |
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Assignee: |
MAKO Surgical Corp.
Fort Lauderdale
FL
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Family ID: |
61301668 |
Appl. No.: |
16/329157 |
Filed: |
August 30, 2017 |
PCT Filed: |
August 30, 2017 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/US2017/049466 |
371 Date: |
February 27, 2019 |
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62381214 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61B 2090/364 20160201;
A61B 5/055 20130101; G06T 2207/10081 20130101; A61B 5/743 20130101;
G06T 2207/10024 20130101; G06T 7/73 20170101; A61B 2034/2055
20160201; A61B 5/107 20130101; A61B 34/20 20160201; G06T 2207/30052
20130101; A61B 5/06 20130101; G06T 7/33 20170101; A61B 5/1127
20130101; A61B 2034/2068 20160201; A61B 34/30 20160201; G06T
2207/30008 20130101; A61B 5/7435 20130101; A61B 5/1071
20130101 |
International
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A61B 90/00 20060101
A61B090/00; A61B 34/20 20060101 A61B034/20; A61F 2/46 20060101
A61F002/46; A61F 2/36 20060101 A61F002/36 |
Claims
1-28. (canceled)
29. A computerized method of intra-operatively registering patient
data associated with a first bone with a computer model of the
first bone in a coordinate system, the first bone comprising a
concave portion and forming a joint with a second bone comprising a
convex portion, the computerized method comprising: a) receiving
first data points of the patient data from first intra-operatively
collected points on an articular surface of the concave portion of
the first bone, the first data points collected with a tracking
device of a navigation system; b) receiving a second data point of
the patient data from a second intra-operatively collected point on
the first bone, the second data point collected with the tracking
device, the second data point corresponding in location to a second
virtual data point on the computer model; c) determining an
intra-operative center of rotation of the second bone relative to
the first bone from the first data points; d) locationally matching
the intra-operative center of rotation with a virtual center of
rotation of the computer model in the coordinate system; and e)
comparing a first distance between the virtual center of rotation
and the second virtual data point and a second distance between the
intra-operative center of rotation and the second data point.
30. The computerized method of claim 29, wherein the second data
point is located on a rim of the concave portion, an articular
surface of the concave portion, or an another portion of the first
bone.
31. The computerized method of claim 30, further comprising: f)
receiving a third data point of the patient data from a third
intra-operatively collected point on the first bone, the third data
point collected with the tracking device, the third data point
being in a different location on the first bone than the second
data point and corresponding in location to a third virtual data
point on the computer model; and g) comparing a third distance
between the virtual center of rotation and the third virtual data
point and a fourth distance between the intra-operative center of
rotation and the third data point.
32. The computerized method of claim 29, wherein the joint
comprises one of a hip joint, a shoulder joint, a knee joint, an
elbow joint, or an ankle joint.
33. The computerized method of claim 29, wherein step c) further
comprises computing a spherical surface formed by the first data
points.
34. The computerized method of claim 33, further comprising
computing an intra-operative radius of the spherical surface, the
intra-operative radius extending from the intra-operative center of
rotation to the first data points.
35. The computerized method of claim 34, further comprising
comparing the intra-operative radius to a virtual radius extending
from the virtual center of rotation of the computer model.
36. A computerized method of registering first patient data
associated with a first patient bone and a computer model of the
first patient bone in a coordinate system with respect to
translation and rotation, the first patient bone comprising a
concave portion forming a joint with a convex portion of a second
patient bone, the computerized method comprising: a) locking the
translation between the first patient data and the computer model
of the first patient bone by: i) receiving a plurality of first
data points of the first patient data, the plurality of first data
points corresponding to first points collected on the first patient
bone in a first location, the first points collected with a
tracking device of a navigation system; ii) determining an
intra-operative center of rotation of the convex portion of the
second patient bone relative to the concave portion of the first
patient bone from the plurality of first data points; and iii)
aligning the intra-operative center of rotation with a virtual
center of rotation of the computer model of the first patient bone
in the coordinate system.
37. The computerized method of claim 36, further comprising: b)
locking the rotation between the first data points and the computer
model of the first patient bone by: i) capturing a second data
point of the first data points on the first patient bone using the
tracking device, the second data point being in a different
location than the plurality of first data points and corresponding
in location to a second virtual data point on the computer model;
and ii) using information associated with the second data point and
the second virtual data point to lock the rotation of the first
data points with the computer model.
38. The computerized method of claim 37, wherein the joint
comprises a hip joint, a shoulder joint, a knee joint, an elbow
joint, or an ankle joint.
39. The computerized method of claim 37, wherein the first location
comprises an articular surface.
40. The computerized method of claim 39, wherein step c) further
comprises computing a spherical surface formed by the plurality of
first data points.
41. The computerized method of claim 40, further comprising
computing an intra-operative radius of the spherical surface, the
intra-operative radius extending from the intra-operative center of
rotation to the plurality of first data points.
42. The computerized method of claim 41, further comprising
comparing the intra-operative radius to a virtual radius extending
from the virtual center of rotation of the computer model.
43. The computerized method of claim 37, wherein the first patient
bone comprises an ilium having an acetabulum, the second patient
bone comprises a femur, and the joint comprises a hip joint, and
wherein the first location is on an articular surface of the
acetabulum, and the different location is on a rim of the
acetabulum, the articular surface of the acetabulum, an anterior
superior iliac spine of the ilium, or an anterior superior iliac
spine of a non-operative ilium.
44-50. (canceled)
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application claims the benefit of and priority
to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/381,214, filed Aug.
30, 2016, and entitled "INTRA-OPERATIVE PELVIC REGISTRATION", which
is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0002] The present application incorporates by reference the
following applications in their entireties: U.S. patent application
Ser. No. 12/894,071, filed Sep. 29, 2010, entitled "SURGICAL SYSTEM
FOR POSITIONING PROSTHETIC COMPONENT AND/OR FOR CONSTRAINING
MOVEMENT OF SURGICAL TOOL"; U.S. patent application Ser. No.
13/234,190, filed Sep. 16, 2011, entitled "SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR
MEASURING PARAMETERS IN JOINT REPLACEMENT SURGERY"; U.S. patent
application Ser. No. 11/357,197, filed Feb. 21, 2006, entitled
"HAPTIC GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD"; U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 12/654,519, filed Dec. 22, 2009, entitled "TRANSMISSION WITH
FIRST AND SECOND TRANSMISSION ELEMENTS"; U.S. patent application
Ser. No. 12/644,964, filed Dec. 22, 2009, entitled "DEVICE THAT CAN
BE ASSEMBLED BY COUPLING"; and U.S. patent application Ser. No.
11/750,807, filed May 18, 2007, entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
VERIFYING CALIBRATION OF A SURGICAL DEVICE".
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0003] The present disclosure relates generally to surgical systems
for orthopedic joint replacement surgery and, more particularly, to
methods of intra-operative pelvic registration.
BACKGROUND
[0004] Robotic systems are often used in applications that require
a high degree of accuracy and/or precision, such as surgical
procedures or other complex tasks. Such systems may include various
types of robots, such as autonomous, teleoperated, and
interactive.
[0005] Interactive robotic systems may be preferred for some types
of surgery, such as joint replacement surgery, because they enable
a surgeon to maintain direct, hands-on control of the surgical
procedure while still achieving a high degree of accuracy and/or
precision. For example, in knee replacement surgery, a surgeon can
use an interactive, haptically guided robotic arm in a passive
manner to sculpt bone to receive a joint implant, such as a knee
implant. To sculpt bone, the surgeon manually grasps and
manipulates the robotic arm to move a cutting tool (e.g., a
rotating burr) that is coupled to the robotic arm to cut a pocket
in the bone. As long as the surgeon maintains a tip of the burr
within a predefined virtual cutting boundary or haptic boundary
defined, for example, by a haptic object, the robotic arm moves
freely with low friction and low inertia such that the surgeon
perceives the robotic arm as essentially weightless and can move
the robotic arm as desired. If the surgeon attempts to move the tip
of the burr to cut outside the virtual cutting boundary, however,
the robotic arm provides haptic feedback (e.g., forced resistance)
that prevents or inhibits the surgeon from moving the tip of the
burr beyond the virtual cutting boundary. In this manner, the
robotic arm enables highly accurate, repeatable bone cuts. When the
surgeon manually implants a knee implant (e.g., a patellofemoral
component) on a corresponding bone cut the implant will generally
be accurately aligned due to the configuration of and interface
between the cut bone and the knee implant.
[0006] The above-described interactive robotic system may also be
used in hip replacement surgery, which may require the use of
multiple surgical tools having different functions (e.g., reaming,
impacting), different configurations (e.g., straight, offset), and
different weights. A system designed to accommodate a variety of
tools is described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/894,071,
filed Sep. 29, 2010, entitled "SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING
PROSTHETIC COMPONENT AND/OR FOR CONSTRAINING MOVEMENT OF SURGICAL
TOOL", which is hereby incorporated by reference in its
entirety.
[0007] During a hip replacement surgery, as well as other
robotically assisted or fully autonomous surgical procedures, the
patient bone is intra-operatively registered with a corresponding
virtual or computer bone model to correlate the pose (i.e.,
position and rotational orientation) of the actual, physical bone
with the virtual bone model. The patient bone (physical space) is
also tracked relative to the surgical robot, haptic device, or
surgical tool with at least one degree of freedom (e.g., rotating
burr). In this way, the virtual cutting or haptic boundaries
controlled and defined on the virtual bone model via a computer can
be applied to the patient bone (physical space) such that the
haptic device is constrained in its physical movement (e.g.,
burring) when working on the patient bone (physical space).
[0008] Intra-operative registration of the pelvis can be
challenging because of the complex geometry of the pelvis and, in
particular, the concave nature of the acetabulum. While certain
methods exist in the art for registration of a patient pelvis,
there is need in the art for registration methods that increase
accuracy while decreasing registration time.
BRIEF SUMMARY
[0009] Aspects of the present disclosure may involve a system for
registering patient data gathered intra-operatively of a first bone
with a computer model of the first bone in a coordinate system. The
first bone may include a concave portion and forming a joint with a
second bone may include a convex portion. The system may include a)
a surgical navigation system may include a tracking device and at
least one tool configured to be tracked in its movement by the
tracking device. The system may further include b) at least one
computing device in communication with the surgical navigation
system, the at least one computing device storing the computer
model of the first bone in the coordinate system. The at least one
computing device may perform the following steps: i) receiving
first data points of the patient data from first intra-operatively
collected points on an articular surface of the concave portion,
the first data points collected using the at least one tool, the
first data points corresponding in location to a first articular
region on the computer model; ii) receiving a second data point
from a second intra-operatively collected point on the first bone,
the second data point collected using the at least one tool, the
second data point corresponding in location to a second virtual
data point on the computer model; iii) determining an
intra-operative center of rotation from the first data points, the
intra-operative center of rotation corresponding to a physical
center of rotation of the second bone relative to the first bone;
iv) aligning the intra-operative center of rotation with a virtual
center of rotation of the computer model in the coordinate system;
v) comparing a first distance between the virtual center of
rotation and the second virtual data point and a second distance
between the intra-operative center of rotation and the second data
point; and vi) running a transformation with the patient data and
the computer model so as to have them correspond with respect to
position and orientation.
[0010] In certain instances, the first bone may include an ilium,
the concave portion may include an acetabulum, and the second bone
may include a femur, and wherein the second data point may be
located on a rim of the acetabulum, an articular surface of the
acetabulum, or an anterior superior iliac spine.
[0011] In certain instances, the system may further include: vii)
receiving a third data point of the patient data from a third
intra-operatively collected point on the first bone, the third data
point collected with the at least one tool, the third data point
being in a different location on the first bone than the second
data point and corresponding in location to a third virtual data
point on the computer model; and viii) comparing a third distance
between the virtual center of rotation and the third virtual data
point and a fourth distance between the intra-operative center of
rotation and the third data point.
[0012] In certain instances, the first bone may include an ilium,
the concave portion may include an acetabulum, and the second bone
may include a femur, and wherein the second data points may be
located on one of a rim of the acetabulum, an articular surface of
the acetabulum, or an anterior superior iliac spine, and wherein
the third data point may be located on one of a rim of the
acetabulum, an articular surface of the acetabulum, or an anterior
superior iliac spine.
[0013] In certain instances, the first bone may include a scapula,
the concave portion may include a glenoid cavity, and the second
bone may include a humerus, and wherein the second data points may
be located on one of a rim of the glenoid cavity, an articular
surface of the glenoid cavity, or another portion of the scapula,
and wherein the third data point may be located on one of a rim of
the glenoid cavity, an articular surface of the glenoid cavity, or
another portion of the scapula.
[0014] In certain instances, step iii) further may include
computing a spherical surface formed by the first data points.
[0015] In certain instances, the system may further include
computing an intra-operative radius of the spherical surface, the
intra-operative radius extending from the intra-operative center of
rotation to generally the first data points.
[0016] In certain instances, the system may further include
comparing the intra-operative radius to a virtual radius extending
from the virtual center of rotation of the computer model to the
first articular region on the computer model.
[0017] In certain instances, registration may be acceptable if a
difference between the intra-operative radius and the virtual
radius may be about 3 mm or less.
[0018] In certain instances, the at least one tool may include at
least one of a free-hand navigation probe, and an arm of a surgical
robot.
[0019] In certain instances, the joint may include one of a hip
joint, a shoulder joint, a knee joint, an elbow joint, or an ankle
joint.
[0020] Aspects of the present disclosure may involve one or more
tangible computer-readable storage media storing
computer-executable instructions for performing a computer process
on a computing system. The computer process may include a)
receiving a plurality of first data points of patient data points
captured on a first patient bone in a first location using a
tracking device of a navigation system, the first patient bone may
include a concave portion forming a joint with a convex portion of
a second patient bone, the plurality of first data points
representing a first virtual surface profile of the first patient
bone at the first location. The computer process may further
include b) receiving a second data point of patient data points
captured on the first patient bone in a second location using the
tracking device, the second location being different than the first
location. The computer process may further include c) determining a
first center of rotation from the plurality of first data points,
the first center of rotation being representative of a physical
center of rotation of the second patient bone relative to the first
patient bone. The computer process may further include include d)
locationally matching the first center of rotation with a virtual
center of rotation of a computer model of the first patient bone,
wherein the plurality of first data points, the second data point,
the first center of in the coordinate system, the computer model,
and the virtual center of rotation being in a common coordinate
system. The computer process may further include e) locationally
matching the second data point and a second virtual data point of
the computer model to register the patient data points with the
computer model with respect to position and orientation, the second
virtual data point located on the computer model in a location
corresponding to the second location on the first patient bone.
[0021] In certain instances, the joint may include one of a hip
joint, a shoulder joint, a knee joint, an elbow joint, or an ankle
joint.
[0022] In certain instances, the first location may include an
articular surface.
[0023] In certain instances, step c) further may include computing
a spherical surface formed by the plurality of first data
points.
[0024] In certain instances, the one or more tangible
computer-readable storage media may further include computing a
first radius of the spherical surface, the first radius extending
from the first center of rotation to the plurality of first data
points.
[0025] In certain instances, the one or more tangible
computer-readable storage media may further include comparing the
first radius to a virtual radius extending from the virtual center
of rotation of the computer model.
[0026] In certain instances, the information in step e) may include
a first length between the second data point and the first center
of rotation.
[0027] In certain instances, the first length may be compared with
a virtual distance between the second virtual data point and the
virtual center of rotation.
[0028] In certain instances, the second data point may be located
on a rim of the concave portion or an articular surface of the
concave portion.
[0029] In certain instances, the second data point may be located
on a rim of the concave portion or an articular surface of the
concave portion, the computer process further may include: f)
receiving a third data point of the patient data points captured on
the first patient bone using the tracking device, the third data
point corresponding in location to a third virtual data point on
the computer model, the third data point being different than the
second data point and the plurality of first data points; and g)
locationally matching the third data point and the third virtual
data point to register the first patient bone with the computer
model.
[0030] In certain instances, the third data point may be an
anatomical landmark remote from the joint.
[0031] In certain instances, remote from the joint may include a
distance of at least 10 cm.
[0032] In certain instances, the first patient bone may be an ilium
and the anatomical landmark may be an anterior superior iliac
spine.
[0033] In certain instances, the second information in step g)
further may include comparing a first vector extending between the
first center of rotation to the third data point and a second
vector extending between the virtual center of rotation to the
third virtual data point.
[0034] In certain instances, an angular difference between the
first vector and the second vector in at least one plane may be
used to determine registration accuracy.
[0035] In certain instances, the third data point, second data
point, and the plurality of data points are acceptable if the third
data point, the second data point, and the first center of rotation
are not collinear.
[0036] In certain instances, the computer model may be generated
from at least one of pre-operative images of the first patient
bone, and intra-operative data gathering of the first patient
bone.
[0037] Aspects of the present disclosure may involve a computerized
method of intra-operatively registering patient data associated
with a first bone with a computer model of the first bone in a
coordinate system. The first bone may include a concave portion and
forming a joint with a second bone may include a convex portion.
The computerized method may include a) receiving first data points
of the patient data from first intra-operatively collected points
on an articular surface of the concave portion of the first bone,
the first data points collected with a tracking device of a
navigation system. The computerized method may further include b)
receiving a second data point of the patient data from a second
intra-operatively collected point on the first bone, the second
data point collected with the tracking device, the second data
point corresponding in location to a second virtual data point on
the computer model. The computerized method may further include c)
determining an intra-operative center of rotation of the second
bone relative to the first bone from the first data points. The
computerized method may further include d) locationally matching
the intra-operative center of rotation with a virtual center of
rotation of the computer model in the coordinate system. The
computerized method may further include e) comparing a first
distance between the virtual center of rotation and the second
virtual data point and a second distance between the
intra-operative center of rotation and the second data point.
[0038] In certain instances, the second data point may be located
on a rim of the concave portion, an articular surface of the
concave portion, or an another portion of the first bone.
[0039] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include: f) receiving a third data point of the patient data from a
third intra-operatively collected point on the first bone, the
third data point collected with the tracking device, the third data
point being in a different location on the first bone than the
second data point and corresponding in location to a third virtual
data point on the computer model; and g) comparing a third distance
between the virtual center of rotation and the third virtual data
point and a fourth distance between the intra-operative center of
rotation and the third data point.
[0040] In certain instances, the joint may include one of a hip
joint, a shoulder joint, a knee joint, an elbow joint, or an ankle
joint.
[0041] In certain instances, step c) further may include computing
a spherical surface formed by the first data points.
[0042] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include computing an intra-operative radius of the spherical
surface, the intra-operative radius extending from the
intra-operative center of rotation to the first data points.
[0043] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include comparing the intra-operative radius to a virtual radius
extending from the virtual center of rotation of the computer
model.
[0044] Aspects of the present disclosure may involve a computerized
method of registering first patient data associated with a first
patient bone and a computer model of the first patient bone in a
coordinate system with respect to translation and rotation. The
first patient bone may include a concave portion forming a joint
with a convex portion of a second patient bone. The computerized
method may include a) locking the translation between the first
patient data and the computer model of the first patient bone by:
i) receiving a plurality of first data points of the first patient
data, the plurality of first data points corresponding to first
points collected on the first patient bone in a first location, the
first points collected with a tracking device of a navigation
system; ii) determining an intra-operative center of rotation of
the convex portion of the second patient bone relative to the
concave portion of the first patient bone from the plurality of
first data points; and iii) aligning the intra-operative center of
rotation with a virtual center of rotation of the computer model of
the first patient bone in the coordinate system.
[0045] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include: b) locking the rotation between the first data points and
the computer model of the first patient bone by: i) capturing a
second data point of the first data points on the first patient
bone using the tracking device, the second data point being in a
different location than the plurality of first data points and
corresponding in location to a second virtual data point on the
computer model; and ii) using information associated with the
second data point and the second virtual data point to lock the
rotation of the first data points with the computer model.
[0046] In certain instances, the joint may include a hip joint, a
shoulder joint, a knee joint, an elbow joint, or an ankle
joint.
[0047] In certain instances, the first location may include an
articular surface.
[0048] In certain instances, step c) further may include computing
a spherical surface formed by the plurality of first data
points.
[0049] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include computing an intra-operative radius of the spherical
surface, the intra-operative radius extending from the
intra-operative center of rotation to the plurality of first data
points.
[0050] In certain instances, the computerized method may further
include comparing the intra-operative radius to a virtual radius
extending from the virtual center of rotation of the computer
model.
[0051] In certain instances, the first patient bone may include an
ilium having an acetabulum, the second patient bone may include a
femur, and the joint may include a hip joint, and wherein the first
location may be on an articular surface of the acetabulum, and the
different location may be on a rim of the acetabulum, the articular
surface of the acetabulum, an anterior superior iliac spine of the
ilium, or an anterior superior iliac spine of a non-operative
ilium.
[0052] Aspects of the present disclosure may involve a system for
guided landmark capture during a registration procedure involving
registering intra-operative data associated with a first bone of a
patient with a computer model of the first bone. The system may
include a) a surgical navigation system may include a tracking
device and at least one tool configured to be tracked in its
movement by the tracking device. The system may further include b)
a display device. The system may further include c) at least one
computing device in electrical communication with the display
device and the surgical navigation system, the at least one
computing device may include: an input; an output; a memory; and a
central processing unit ("CPU") in electrical communication with
the input, the output and the memory, the memory may include
software for operating a graphical user interface ("GUI"), the at
least one computing device configured to: i) display the GUI, and
the computer model of the first bone on the display device, the GUI
may include a virtual point displayed on the computer model of the
first bone, the virtual point corresponding to a physical point on
the first bone for intra-operatively capturing with the at least
one tool, the GUI may further include a graphic at least partially
surrounding the virtual point, the graphic being spaced apart from
the virtual point by a radius. The GUI may further be configured to
ii) adjust a size of the radius of the graphic based on a change in
distance between the at least one tool and the physical point on
the first bone.
[0053] In certain instances, the size of the radius of the graphic
decreases as the change in distance decreases.
[0054] In certain instances, the size of the radius of the graphic
increases as the change in distance increases.
[0055] In certain instances, the graphic may include at least one
of an arrow and a circle.
[0056] In certain instances, the graphic changes color when the
physical point may be intra-operatively captured.
[0057] In certain instances, the change in the distance may be
between a tip of the at least one tool and the physical point on
the first bone.
[0058] In certain instances, the at least one tool may include at
least one of a navigation probe, and a tip of a tool coupled with a
robotic arm.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0059] FIG. 1A is a perspective view of a femur and a pelvis.
[0060] FIG. 1B is a perspective view of a hip joint formed by the
femur and pelvis of FIG. 1A.
[0061] FIG. 2A is an exploded perspective view of a femoral
component and an acetabular component for a total hip replacement
procedure.
[0062] FIG. 2B is a perspective view illustrating placement of the
femoral component and acetabular component of FIG. 2A in relation
to the femur and pelvis of FIG. 1A, respectively.
[0063] FIG. 3A is a perspective view of an embodiment of a surgical
system.
[0064] FIG. 3B is a perspective view of an embodiment of a robotic
arm of the surgical system of FIG. 3A.
[0065] FIG. 4 illustrates an embodiment of a computer display for
use during a surgical procedure.
[0066] FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of steps of a hip
replacement procedure.
[0067] FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate an embodiment of a pelvic
registration method shown on a display screen.
[0068] FIG. 8A illustrates an embodiment of steps of a pelvic
registration method.
[0069] FIG. 8B illustrates a table showing various characteristics
of many of the steps of the pelvic registration method of FIG.
8A.
[0070] FIG. 9A is a lateral view of a three dimensional bone model
of the patient pelvis showing a highlighted band along the
articular surface of the acetabulum.
[0071] FIG. 9B is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the articular surface of the acetabulum.
[0072] FIG. 9C depicts, on the left, a sphere generated by captured
points on the articular surface of the acetabulum, and, on the
right, a 3/4 segment of the sphere in order to show the radius of
the sphere.
[0073] FIG. 9D depicts a later view of the three dimensional bone
model with a point of center of rotation determined pre-operatively
from medical imaging of the patient pelvis.
[0074] FIG. 10A is an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the anterior acetabular
rim.
[0075] FIG. 10B is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the anterior acetabular rim.
[0076] FIG. 10C is an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior articular
surface of the acetabulum.
[0077] FIG. 10D is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the posterior articular surface of the
acetabulum.
[0078] FIG. 10E is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior acetabular
rim.
[0079] FIG. 10F is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the posterior acetabular rim.
[0080] FIG. 10G is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the anterior articular
surface of the acetabulum.
[0081] FIG. 10H is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the anterior articular surface of the
acetabulum.
[0082] FIG. 11A is an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the anterior superior iliac
spine.
[0083] FIG. 11B is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the ASIS.
[0084] FIG. 11C is a lateral view of the three dimensional bone
model depicting a pair of vectors in order to measure angular
orientation relative to an acetabular plane.
[0085] FIG. 12A is lateral view of the three dimensional bone model
of the patient pelvis with a highlighted band on the anterior and
superior aspect of the acetabular rim.
[0086] FIG. 12B is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the anterior aspect of the acetabular
rim.
[0087] FIG. 12C is lateral view of the three dimensional bone model
of the patient pelvis with a highlighted band on the posterior and
superior aspect of the acetabular rim.
[0088] FIG. 12D is a lateral view of the patient pelvis
intra-operatively with a distal tip of a navigational probe
contacting a point on the posterior aspect of the acetabular
rim.
[0089] FIG. 13A is an anterior view of the three dimensional bone
model depicting a pair of vectors in order to measure inclination
about a plane that is perpendicular to the acetabular plane.
[0090] FIG. 13B is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior acetabular
rim, and a first embodiment of graphic surrounding the point, where
the graphic is spaced apart from the point by a first radius.
[0091] FIG. 13C is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior acetabular
rim, and a first embodiment of graphic surrounding the point, where
the graphic is spaced apart from the point by a second radius.
[0092] FIG. 13D is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior acetabular
rim, and a second embodiment of graphic surrounding the point,
where the graphic is spaced apart from the point by a first
radius.
[0093] FIG. 13E is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional
bone model with a point highlighted on the posterior acetabular
rim, and a second embodiment of graphic surrounding the point,
where the graphic is spaced apart from the point by a second
radius.
[0094] FIG. 14 is an example computing system having one or more
computing units that may implement various systems and methods
discussed herein is provided.
[0095] FIG. 15A is a posterior view of a knee joint.
[0096] FIG. 15B is an anterolateral view of a shoulder joint.
[0097] FIG. 15C is an anterolateral view of an elbow joint.
[0098] FIG. 15D is a medial view of an ankle joint.
[0099] FIG. 16A is a posterior view of the pelvis showing the
geometric relationship between the posterior superior iilac spines
and a distal sacrum.
[0100] FIG. 16B is a posterior view of the spinal column showing
the geometric relationship between the distal most joints and the
proximal most joints.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0101] I. Overview
[0102] The hip joint is the joint between the femur and the pelvis
and primarily functions to support the weight of the body in static
(e.g., standing) and dynamic (e.g., walking) postures. FIG. 1A
illustrates the bones of an operative side of a hip joint 10, which
include a left pelvis or ilium 12 and a proximal end of a left
femur 14. While a right pelvis and proximal end of a right femur is
not shown in FIG. 1A, such a discussion herein is applicable to
both the right and the left femur and pelvis without limitation.
Continuing on, the proximal end of the femur 14 includes a femoral
head 16 disposed on a femoral neck 18. The femoral neck 18 connects
the femoral head 16 to a femoral shaft 20. As shown in FIG. 1B, the
femoral head 16 fits into a concave socket in the pelvis 12 called
the acetabulum 22, thereby forming the hip joint 10. The acetabulum
22 and femoral head 16 are both covered by articular cartilage that
absorbs shock and promotes articulation of the joint 10.
[0103] Over time, the hip joint 10 may degenerate (e.g., due to
osteoarthritis) resulting in pain and diminished functionality. As
a result, a hip replacement procedure, such as total hip
arthroplasty or hip resurfacing, may be necessary. During hip
replacement, a surgeon replaces portions of a patient's hip joint
10 with artificial components. In total hip arthroplasty, the
surgeon removes the femoral head 16 and neck 18 and replaces the
native bone with a prosthetic femoral component 26 comprising a
head 26a, a neck 26b, and a stem 26c (shown in FIG. 2A). As shown
in FIG. 2B, the stem 26c of the femoral component 26 is anchored in
a cavity the surgeon creates in the intramedullary canal of the
femur 14. Alternatively, if disease is confined to the surface of
the femoral head 16, the surgeon may opt for a less invasive
approach in which the femoral head is resurfaced (e.g., using a
cylindrical reamer) and then mated with a prosthetic femoral head
cup (not shown). Similarly, if the natural acetabulum 22 of the
pelvis 12 is worn or diseased, the surgeon resurfaces the
acetabulum 22 using a reamer and replaces the natural surface with
a prosthetic acetabular component 28 comprising a hemispherical
shaped cup 28a (shown in FIG. 2A) that may include a liner 28b. To
install the acetabular component 28, the surgeon connects the cup
28a to a distal end of an impactor tool and implants the cup 28a
into the reamed acetabulum 22 by repeatedly striking a proximal end
of the impactor tool with a mallet. If the acetabular component 28
includes a liner 28b, the surgeon snaps the liner 28b into the cup
28a after implanting the cup 28a. Depending on the position in
which the surgeon places the patient for surgery, the surgeon may
use a straight or offset reamer to ream the acetabulum 22 and a
straight or offset impactor to implant the acetabular cup 28a. For
example, a surgeon that uses a postero-lateral approach may prefer
straight reaming and impaction whereas a surgeon that uses an
antero-lateral approach may prefer offset reaming and
impaction.
[0104] II. Exemplary Robotic System
[0105] A surgical system described herein may be utilized to
perform hip replacement, as well as other surgical procedures. As
shown in FIG. 3A, an embodiment of a surgical system 5 for surgical
applications according to the present disclosure includes a
computer assisted navigation system 7, a tracking device 8, a
computer 15, a display device 9 (or multiple display devices 9),
and a robotic arm 30.
[0106] The robotic arm 30 can be used in an interactive manner by a
surgeon to perform a surgical procedure on a patient, such as a hip
replacement procedure. As shown in FIG. 3B, the robotic arm 30
includes a base 32, an articulated arm 34, a force system (not
shown), and a controller (not shown). A surgical tool 58 (e.g., a
rotary burring device as seen in FIG. 3A, an end effector 40 having
an operating member as seen in FIG. 3B) is coupled to an end of the
articulated arm 34, and the surgeon manipulates the surgical tool
58 by grasping and manually moving the articulated arm 34 and/or
the surgical tool.
[0107] The force system and controller are configured to provide
control or guidance to the surgeon during manipulation of the
surgical tool. The force system is configured to provide at least
some force to the surgical tool via the articulated arm 34, and the
controller is programmed to generate control signals for
controlling the force system. In one embodiment, the force system
includes actuators and a backdriveable transmission that provide
haptic (or force) feedback to constrain or inhibit the surgeon from
manually moving the surgical tool beyond predefined virtual
boundaries defined by haptic objects as described, for example, in
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/357,197 (Pub. No. US
2006/0142657), filed Feb. 21, 2006, and/or U.S. patent application
Ser. No. 12/654,519, filed Dec. 22, 2009, each of which is hereby
incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. In a certain
embodiment the surgical system is the RIO.TM.. Robotic Arm
Interactive Orthopedic System manufactured by MAKO Surgical Corp.
of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The force system and controller are
preferably housed within the robotic arm 30.
[0108] The tracking device 8 is configured to track the relative
locations of the surgical tool 58 (coupled to the robotic arm 30)
and the patient's anatomy. The surgical tool 58 can be tracked
directly by the tracking device 8. Alternatively, the pose of the
surgical tool can be determined by tracking the location of the
base 32 of the robotic arm 30 and calculating the pose of the
surgical tool 58 based on joint encoder data from joints of the
robotic arm 30 and a known geometric relationship between the
surgical tool and the robotic arm 30. In particular, the tracking
device 8 (e.g., an optical, mechanical, electromagnetic, or other
known tracking system) tracks (or enables determination of) the
pose (i.e., position and orientation) of the surgical tool and the
patient's anatomy so the navigation system 7 knows the relative
relationship between the tool and the anatomy.
[0109] In operation, a user (e.g., a surgeon) manually moves the
robotic arm 30 to manipulate the surgical tool 58 (e.g., the rotary
burring device, the end effector 40 having an operating member) to
perform a surgical task on the patient, such as bone cutting or
implant installation. As the surgeon manipulates the tool 58, the
tracking device 8 tracks the location of the surgical tool and the
robotic arm 30 provides haptic (or force) feedback to limit the
surgeon's ability to move the tool 58 beyond a predefined virtual
boundary that is registered (or mapped) to the patients anatomy,
which results in highly accurate and repeatable bone cuts and/or
implant placement. The robotic arm 30 operates in a passive manner
and provides haptic feedback when the surgeon attempts to move the
surgical tool 58 beyond the virtual boundary. The haptic feedback
is generated by one or more actuators (e.g., motors) in the robotic
arm 30 and transmitted to the surgeon via a flexible transmission,
such as a cable drive transmission. When the robotic arm 30 is not
providing haptic feedback, the robotic arm 30 is freely moveable by
the surgeon and preferably includes a virtual brake that can be
activated as desired by the surgeon. During the surgical procedure,
the navigation system 7 displays images related to the surgical
procedure on one or both of the display devices 9.
[0110] To aid in tracking the various pieces of equipment within
the system, the robotic arm 30 may include a device marker 48 to
track a global or gross position of the robotic arm 30, a tool end
marker 54 to track the distal end of the articulating arm 34, and a
free-hand navigation probe 56 for use in the registration process.
Each of these markers 48, 54, 56 (among others such as navigation
markers positioned in the patient's bone) is trackable by the
tracking device 8 with optical cameras, for example.
[0111] The computer 15 may include a display and an input device
(e.g., keyboard, mouse) and is configured to communicate with the
navigation system 7, the tracking device 8, the various display
devices 9 in the system, and the robotic arm 30. Furthermore, the
computer 15 may receive information related to a particular
surgical procedure and perform various functions related to
performance of the surgical procedure. For example, the computer 15
may have software as necessary to perform functions related to
image analysis, surgical planning, registration, navigation, image
guidance, and haptic guidance. A more detailed analysis of an
example computing system having one or more computing units that
may implement various systems and methods discussed herein, is
described subsequently in reference to FIG. 14.
[0112] FIG. 3B depicts an end effector 40 particularly suited for
use in robotic assisted hip arthroplasty. The end effector 40 is
configured to be mounted to an end of the robotic arm 30. The end
effector 40 includes a mounting portion 50, a housing, a coupling
device, and a release member. The end effector 40 is configured to
individually and interchangeably support and accurately position
multiple operating members relative to the robotic arm 30. As seen
in FIG. 3B, the end effector 40 is coupled to an operating member
100. The end effector 40 and related tools, systems, and methods
are described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/894,071, filed
Sep. 29, 2010, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its
entirety.
[0113] The mounting portion (or mount) 50 preferably couples the
end effector 40 to the robotic arm 30. In particular, the mounting
portion 50 extends from the housing and is configured to couple the
end effector 40 to a corresponding mounting portion 35 of the
robotic arm 30 using, for example, mechanical fasteners, such that
the mounting portions are fixed relative to one another. The
mounting portion 50 can be attached to the housing or formed
integrally with the housing and is configured to accurately and
repeatably position the end effector 40 relative to the robotic arm
30. In one embodiment, the mounting portion 50 is a semi-kinematic
mount as described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/644,964,
filed Dec. 22, 2009, and hereby incorporated by reference herein in
its entirety.
[0114] The end effector 40 in FIG. 3B is one example of a surgical
tool that can be tracked and used by the surgical robotic arm 30.
Other tools (e.g., drills, burrs) as known in the art can be
attached to the robotic arm for a given surgical procedure.
[0115] III. Pre-Operative Planning a Surgical Procedure
[0116] Prior to the surgical procedure, a preoperative CT (computed
tomography) scan of the patients pelvis 12 and femur 14 is
generated with a medical imaging device. While the discussion will
focus on CT scans, other imaging modalities (e.g., MRI) may be
similarly be employed. Additionally and alternatively, X-ray images
derived from the CT scan and/or the three dimensional models 512,
514 can be used for surgical planning, which may be helpful to
surgeons who are accustomed to planning implant placement using
actual X-ray images as opposed to CT based models. The CT scan may
be performed by the surgeon or at an independent imaging facility.
Additionally or alternatively, intra-operative imaging methods may
be employed to generate a patient model of the bone. For example,
various boney surfaces of interest may be probed with a tracked
probe to generate a surface profile of the surface of interest. The
surface profile may be used as the patient bone model. Accordingly,
the present disclosure is applicable to all methods of generating a
patient bone model or a portion thereof.
[0117] As shown in FIG. 4, the CT scan or data from the CT scan is
segmented and to obtain a three dimensional model 512 of the pelvis
12 and a three dimensional model 514 of the femur 14. The three
dimensional models 512, 514 are used by the surgeon to construct a
surgical plan. The surgeon generates a surgical plan by designating
a desired pose (i.e., position and orientation) of the acetabular
component and the femoral component relative to the models 512, 514
of the patient's anatomy. For example, a planned pose 500 of the
acetabular cup can be designated and displayed on a computer
display, such as the display device 9. During the surgical
procedure, motion of the patients anatomy and the surgical tool in
physical space are tracked by the tracking device 8, and these
tracked objects are registered to corresponding models in the
navigation system 7 (image space). As a result, objects in physical
space are correlated to corresponding models in image space.
Therefore, the surgical system 5 knows the actual position of the
surgical tool relative to the patient's anatomy and the planned
pose 500, and this information is graphically displayed on the
display device 9 during the surgical procedure.
[0118] In certain embodiments, the models 512, 514 may be of the
full bone surfaces 12, 14 respectively. In certain embodiments, the
models 512, 514 may be trimmed three dimensional models providing
only critical regions of interest such as the acetabulum 22 and
femoral head 16. That is, the trimmed three dimensional models
represent only a portion of the full bone models 512, 514. In
certain embodiments, the models 512, 514 may be the combination of
multiple models. For example, model 512 may be the combination of
individual three dimensional models of the operative pelvis,
non-operative pelvis, and spine.
[0119] IV. Intra-Operative Procedures
[0120] A.
[0121] FIG. 5 illustrates an embodiment of intra-operative steps of
performing a total hip replacement. In this embodiment, steps
S1-S7, S9, S11, and S12 can be performed with or without robotic
assistance. In other embodiments, S1-S2 may not be required, S3-S5
could be done before S1-S2, and S7 could be done at any point
before S8. Steps S8 and S10 are preferably performed using the
robotic arm 30. For example, step S8 (reaming) can be performed
using the robotic arm 30 of FIG. 3 with the end effector 40 coupled
to the operating member 100, and step S10 (impacting) can be
performed using the robotic arm 30 with the end effector 40 coupled
to another operating member.
[0122] In step S1 of the surgical procedure, a tracking array is
attached to the femur 14 to enable the tracking device 8 to track
motion of the femur 14. In step S2, the femur 14 is registered
(using any known registration technique) to correlate the pose of
the femur 14 (physical space) with the three dimensional model 514
of the femur 14 in the navigation system 7 (image space).
Additionally, the femur checkpoint is attached. In step S3, the
femur 14 is prepared to receive a femoral implant (e.g., the
femoral component 26) using a navigated femoral broach.
[0123] B. Tracking and Registration of Pelvis
[0124] 1. Overview
[0125] In step S4 of FIG. 5, an acetabular tracking array is
attached to the pelvis 12 to enable the tracking device 8 to track
motion of the pelvis 12. In step S5, a checkpoint is attached to
the pelvis 12 for use during the surgical procedure to verify that
the acetabular tracking array has not moved in relation to the
pelvis 12. The checkpoint can be, for example, a checkpoint as
described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/750,807 (Pub. No.
US 2008/0004633), filed May 18, 2007, and hereby incorporated by
reference herein in its entirety.
[0126] In step S6, the pelvis 12 is registered to correlate the
pose of the pelvis 12 (physical space) with the three dimensional
model 512 of the pelvis 12 in the navigation system 7 (image
space). In certain embodiments, as shown in FIG. 6, registration is
accomplished using the tracked navigation probe 56 to collect
points on the pelvis 12 (physical space) that are then matched to
corresponding points on the three dimensional model 512 of the
pelvis 12 (image space). In certain embodiments, registration may
be accomplished using a tool that is coupled to the end effector 40
of the robotic arm 30. In certain embodiments, registration may be
accomplished with any tool or device that is tracked with the
navigation system 7. Two methods of registering the three
dimensional model 512 of the pelvis (image space) and the pelvis 12
(physical space) are described in the subsequent sections of this
application.
[0127] 2. First Pelvic Registration Method
[0128] As shown in FIG. 6, the display device 9 may show the
representation 512 of the pelvis 12, including one or more
registration points 516. The registration points 516 help the
surgeon understand where on the actual anatomy to collect points
with the tracked probe. The registration points 516 can be color
coded to further aid the surgeon. For example, a registration point
516 on the pelvis 12 to be collected next with the tracked probe
can be colored yellow, while registration points 516 that have
already been collected can be colored green and registration points
516 that will be subsequently collected can be colored red. After
registration, the display device 9 can show the surgeon how well
the registration algorithm fit the physically collected points to
the representation 512 of the pelvis 12.
[0129] For example, as shown in FIG. 7, error points 518 can be
displayed to illustrate how much error exists in the registration
between the surface of the representation 512 and the corresponding
surface of the physical pelvis 12. In one embodiment, the error
points 518 can be color coded, for example, with error points 518
representing minimal error displayed in green and error points 518
representing increasing amounts of error displayed in blue, yellow,
and red. As an alternative to color coding, error points 518
representing different degrees of error could have different shapes
or sizes. Verification points 519 can also be displayed. The
verification points 519 illustrate to the surgeon where to collect
points with the tracked probe to verify the registration. When a
registration point 519 is collected, the software of the navigation
system 7 displays the error (e.g., numerically in millimeters)
between the actual point collected on the anatomy and the
registered location of the representation 512 in physical space. If
the registration error is too high, the surgeon re-registers the
pelvis 12 by repeating the registration process of step S6.
[0130] This type of registration method requires the surgeon to
continually switch his or her focus from the display device 9
showing the representation 512 of the pelvis 12, including one or
more registration points 516, to the patient's physical pelvis 12
in order to collect accurate points. Switching focus takes time,
and accurately estimating where the registration points 516 are on
the patient's physical pelvis 12 takes even more time. In such a
registration method described in this section, it may take at least
forty-three points to complete an accurate registration.
[0131] 3. Second Pelvic Registration Method
[0132] This section describes another registration method for
registering the patient pelvis 12 (physical space) with the three
dimensional model 512 (image space) of the pelvis 12 using a
tracked probe 56 or other tool (e.g., end of robotic arm 30). The
method described in this section may reduce the total number of
collected points as compared with the previously described
registration method. For example, with the method described in this
section, a surgeon may complete an accurate registration with
thirty-two points or less. Additionally, much of the registration
described in this section is a region-based point collection, as
opposed to a point-based point collection. In a region-based point
collection, the surgeon is permitted to collect points within a
region of the patient's bone, as opposed to an exact point as
identified on the three dimensional bone model 512. This permits
the surgeon to focus on the patient's anatomy, and collect points
within the permitted region on the bone without having to switch
his or her focus to the display screen 9 and back to the patient's
physical pelvis 12. Collecting points within a permitted region
increases accuracy as it is easier for the surgeon to collect
points within a region encompassing many possible locations of
permissible points, as compared with a single permissible
point.
[0133] The patient pelvis 12 is referred to as in the "physical
space" because the surgeon is physically using the tracked probe 56
to contact the patient pelvis 12 intra-operatively where the
position and orientation of the probe 56 is known and tracked by
the tracking device 8 and the navigation system 7. The three
dimensional model 512 of the pelvis 12 is referred to as in the
"image space" because the model 512 is a computerized
representation of the pelvis 12, which, in certain implementations,
may be taken from pre-operative medical images (e.g., CT, MRI) of
the patient pelvis 12. As stated previously, in certain
implementations, the model 512 of the pelvis may be generated other
ways, such as via intra-operatively tracking the pelvis over the
bone surface to generate a bone surface profile, and in some
embodiments a generic pelvis model may be presented.
[0134] In sum, use of the terms "physical space" and "image space"
are utilized herein to clarify when reference is made to the
patient's physical pelvis 12 or a three dimensional bone model 512,
which is a representation of the patient pelvis 12 provided as a
three dimensional image, respectively.
[0135] Reference is made to FIG. 8A, which shows a flowchart of the
pelvic registration method 800. The method 800 may include an
initial registration 802 to provide an initial mapping of the
patient pelvis 12 (physical space) with the three dimensional model
512 (image space) with respect to position and orientation. The
method 800 may also include a fine registration 816 for fine tuning
of the position and orientation.
i. Initial Registration
[0136] As seen in FIG. 8A, the initial registration 802 includes a
step of capturing the center of rotation 804, capturing acetabular
landmarks 808, and capturing a distant reference point 814.
Capturing the acetabular landmarks 808 may include a step of
capturing points on the acetabular rim 810, and a step of capturing
points on the surface of the acetabulum 812.
[0137] In discussing each step in the registration method 800,
reference will be made to FIG. 8B, which is a chart depicting the
steps of the initial and fine registration 802, 816, along with an
overview of characteristics associated with each step. The
Landmark/Region column indicates the portion of the pelvis that is
at issue in each step of the method 800. The Capture Method column
indicates whether the method of capturing points or data is a
point-based collection method or a region-based collection method.
The difference between the two methods will be discussed
subsequently. The Used By column indicates whether the particular
step of the method 800 may be used in initial or fine registration
802, 816. The Approach Dependent column indicates whether or not
the system 5 will vary the procedure based on the particular
surgical approach. For example, step 810 indicates that capturing
points on the acetabular rim is approach dependent. Thus, the
system 5 may indicate points for capturing during initial
registration that are specific for the chosen surgical approach
(e.g., direct anterior, antero-lateral, postero-lateral). In a
direct anterior approach, for instance, the system 5 may identify
points for capturing on the anterior acetabular rim since this
particular area of the acetabulum is more accessible than others,
such as the posterior acetabular rim.
[0138] Lastly, the Captured In column indicates where and when the
points are captured. Each row indicates "Pre-Op/Intra-Op
Registration". While all steps of the method 800 occur during
intra-operative registration on the patient pelvis (physical
space), the points captured during the intra-operative registration
must be compared with pre-operatively identified landmarks that
correspond with the intra-operatively captured points in order to
orient or register the patient pelvis 12 (physical space) with the
three dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image
space). Thus, each of the landmarks in the Landmark/Region column
are identified in the three dimensional bone model 512 which is
generated based on pre-operatively images (e.g., CT, MRI) of the
patient pelvis 12. These locations of pre-operative landmarks,
relative to each other, are compared with the locations of the
intra-operatively registered points to determine the accuracy of
the registration process.
[0139] The discussion will now focus on the steps of the initial
registration 802 and, in particular, the step of registering the
center of rotation 804. For this, reference is made to FIGS. 9A-9B,
which depict, respectively, a lateral view of the three dimensional
model 512 of the pelvis 12 and a lateral view of the pelvis 12
(physical space). As seen in FIG. 9A, the three dimensional model
512 of the pelvis 12, as viewed on a display screen 9, includes a
highlighted band 824 on the articular or lunate surface 826 of the
acetabulum 22. The articular surface 826 is crescent-shaped and is
typically covered by articular cartilage, which is not shown in the
three dimensional model 512. The non-articular area of the
acetabulum 22 is the acetabular fossa 828. The articular surface
826 of the acetabulum 22 is hemispherical in shape and abuts the
femoral head (not shown) and allows it to rotate within the
acetabulum 22.
[0140] To register the center of rotation 804, as seen in FIG. 8, a
surgeon may use the navigational probe 56 to capture, collect, or
record data points (referred to as patient data) on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space), as seen in FIG. 9B, at multiple points
along the articular surface 826 of the acetabulum 22 that
corresponds to the highlighted band 824 on the three dimensional
model 512 of the pelvis 12. An alternative embodiment could use a
navigational probe 56 or the tracked femur 14 that allows a surgeon
to rotate within the acetabulum 22 thereby establishing a dataset
representing the center of rotation 804. Capturing, collecting, or
recording data points means that the system 5 (e.g., computer 15)
stores the location of the points relative to each other in a
common coordinate system. An algorithm is then used to integrate
the captured points into the coordinate system of the three
dimensional bone model 512 to register or align the patient pelvis
12 (physical space) with the model 512. In this way and upon
completion of registration, a representation of the distal end a
surgical tool 58 of the robotic arm 30 of the surgical system 5 may
be displayed on the display 9 relative to the three dimensional
bone model 512 in a way that appropriately corresponds with the
physical location and orientation of the distal end of the surgical
tool 58 with respect to the actual patient pelvis 12 (physical
space).
[0141] Capturing data points or patient data within the highlighted
band 824 may be referred to as a region-based point collection as
opposed to a point-based collection because acceptable points may
be captured throughout the articular surface 826 corresponding to
the highlighted band 824. In a point-based collection system, a
specific point may be depicted on the three dimensional model 512
of the pelvis 12 and the surgeon may be queried to capture a data
point at the specific point on the patient pelvis 12 (physical
space) that corresponds to the specific point on the three
dimensional model 512.
[0142] In a certain embodiment, the system 5 may require the
distance between any two points 830 to be spaced apart from each
other a certain amount. The system 5 may require the distance
between any two points 830 to be greater than 5 mm. The system 5
may require the distance between any two points 830 to be less than
80 mm. The system 5 may have an algorithm that defines a required
distance between any two points 830 based on other inputs (e.g.
acetabulum 22 or acetabular component 28). The system 5 may vary
the distance between any two points 830 during point capture. Such
a requirement may facilitate the dispersion of captured points 830
so that all points 830 are not captured in one region of the
articular surface 826, for example. In certain embodiments, the
system 5 may not require a defined distance spacing between points
830. In certain embodiments, the collected point 830 that is not
satisfied the minimum spacing distance requirement may be rejected
as an outlier or still be used for the point-to-model surface
matching in fine registration 816.
[0143] In a certain embodiment, the system 5 may require a maximum
and/or a minimum number of points 830 to be collected on the
articular surface 826. The system 5 may require at least ten points
830 be captured. Additionally or alternatively, the system 5 may
require less than twenty points 830 be captured.
[0144] Referring to FIG. 9C, the system 5 can use the captured
points 830 on the highlighted band 824 to define a sphere 832 with
a center point 840 and a radius 834 since the articular surface 826
of the acetabulum 22 is spherical. Stated differently, the system 5
can generate a sphere 832 using the location of the captured points
830 because their locations relative to each other along with a
best-fit calculation of the points 830 can be fitted to a sphere
832. From the size of the sphere 832, the radius 834 (or diameter,
volume, etc.) can be determined.
[0145] It is noted that the sphere 832 on the left in FIG. 9C
illustrates the highlighted band 824 and the points 830 on a
spherical surface of the sphere 832. The sphere 832 on the right
illustrates a 3/4 segment of the sphere 832 in order to depict the
radius 834.
[0146] In a certain embodiment, the system 5 may optimize the
number of points 830 by stopping point 830 collection when points
830 are more than the minimum number of points 830 but less than
the maximum number of points 830. The system 5 may use an algorithm
such as convergence metrics to determine the stopping
criterion/criteria. In a certain embodiment, a convergence metric
can be the difference between the radius 834 calculated using N
collected points 830 and the radius 834 calculated using a subset
of collected points 830, such as N-1 collected points 830. If the
difference between the two radii 834 is smaller than a predefined
threshold, the system 5 ends the point 830 collection early before
the points 830 reach the maximum number of points 830. In a certain
embodiment, the convergence metrics can be calculated every time
when a new point 830 is collected.
[0147] As seen in FIG. 9D, a center of rotation point 836 may be
pre-operatively determined based on the three dimensional bone
model 512 of the pelvis 12. A radius 838 may then be determined
from the center of rotation point 836 to the articular surface 826
of the acetabulum. The center of rotation point 836 may be
determined based on pre-operative scans of the patient pelvis 12
and femoral head 16.
[0148] The size of the sphere 832 or, more particular, the radius
834 of the sphere 832 as determined from the intra-operative
capturing of the points 830, or patient data (physical space), as
in FIG. 9C, may be compared with the radius 838 from the center of
rotation point 836 as determined from the three-dimensional bone
model 512 (image space), as seen in FIG. 9D. That is, the
intra-operatively collected patient data (e.g., sphere 832 and
radius 834 in FIG. 9C) may be compared with the pre-operatively
determined values (e.g., radius 838 of FIG. 9D) to determine the
variation there between.
[0149] More particularly, the system 5 may require a certain
minimum difference between the two radii 834, 838 before the user
of the system 5 may continue beyond step 804 of the initial
registration 802. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require
the radii 834, 838 to be less than 5 mm different from each other.
In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require the radii 834, 838
to be less than 4 mm different from each other. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may require the radii 834, 838 to be less
than 3 mm different from each other. In certain embodiments, the
system 5 may require the radii 834, 838 to be less than 2 mm
different from each other. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
require the radii 834, 838 to be less than 1 mm different from each
other.
[0150] If the difference between the radii 834, 838 is within
allowable tolerances, the system 5 (e.g., computer 15) may merge
the location of the center point 840 of the sphere 832 as
determined from the intra-operative capturing of the points 830
with the center of rotation point 836 as determined from the three
dimensional bone model 512. In this way, the translational
orientation or aspect of registering the patient pelvis 12
(physical space) with the three dimensional bone model 512 of the
pelvis 12 (image space) into a common coordinate system is fixed or
locked into place. Stated differently, three degrees of freedom
(i.e., translation in x, y, and z directions) may be fixed or
preliminarily determined upon merging the center point 840 of the
sphere 832 with the center of rotation point 836; thus, three
degrees of freedom (i.e., rotation about the x, y, and z
directions) are yet unknown.
[0151] In general, the system 5 is able to simplify the anatomy
based on the CT scans to a patient specific geometrical feature.
And then it generates a similar geometry based on the patient data
from the captured points. The CT-based patient specific geometric
feature is then compared with the intra-operatively captured
geometric feature. The result of the comparison reflects the
quality of points capturing and bone registration.
[0152] The subsequent steps of the registration process determine
the rotational orientation of the patient pelvis 12 (physical
space) with respect to the three dimensional bone model 512 of the
pelvis (image space) such the robotic arm 30 of the system 5 will
be oriented similarly in the image space and the physical space
with respect to the bone model 512 of the pelvis and the patient
pelvis, respectively.
[0153] Once the center of rotation 804 is calculated or captured,
various other points of patient data such as acetabular landmarks
may be captured 808, as shown in FIG. 8. As stated previously, the
capturing of the acetabular landmarks 808 may be used to determine
the rotational orientation of the pelvis 12 (physical space) with
the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis 12 (image
space). And since the translational relationship between the
physical space and the image space is known by being fixed at the
center of rotation point 836, the various acetabular landmarks
captured at step 808 may be used to check the distances between the
landmarks and the center of rotation point 836.
[0154] Capturing patient data as points on the acetabular landmarks
at step 808 are point-based and may be approach dependent. As
described previously, point-based data capture means that a point
is identified (e.g., highlighted with a dot) on the three
dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis 12 (image space) and the
surgeon is queried to select the corresponding point on the patient
pelvis (physical space) with the navigational probe 56. The system
5 (e.g., computer 15) can then compare the distances between, for
example, the center of rotation point 836 and the highlighted point
on the three dimensional bone model 512, and the center 840 of the
sphere 832 and the intra-operatively captured point.
[0155] To begin the discussion of capturing acetabular landmarks at
step 808, first is a description of antero-lateral and direct
anterior approaches for capturing points on the acetabulum rim and
articular surface at steps 810 and 812, at FIGS. 10A-10D. Second,
is a description of postero-lateral approaches for capturing points
on the acetabulum rim and articular surfaces at steps 810 and 812,
illustrated in FIGS. 10E-10H. Though not described, the methods
herein may be applied to other hip surgical approaches (e.g. direct
superior) or to the capture of landmarks for registering other
joints (e.g. shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle), as shown in FIGS.
15A-15D.
[0156] Reference is made to FIGS. 10A and 10B, which are,
respectively, an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional bone
model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image space) and a lateral view
of the patient pelvis 12 (physical space). As seen in FIG. 10A, the
system 5 may identify (e.g., highlight) one or more points 842 on
the anterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844 that forms the outer
edge of the acetabulum 22 on the three dimensional bone model 512
of the patient pelvis (image space). The system 5 may then query
the surgeon, as seen in FIG. 10B, to capture the corresponding
point(s) 842 on the patient pelvis 12 (physical space) by touching
the distal end of the navigational probe 56 against the point 842
and logging, collecting, or capturing the position of the point 842
as patient data within the system 5. As seen in FIG. 10B, the point
842 on the anterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844 is accessible
by the surgeon from a direct anterior approach or an antero-lateral
approach.
[0157] For each point 842 identified by the system 5 and captured
by the surgeon, the system 5 may then compare the distance between
the identified point 842 and the center of rotation point 836
(image space), as seen in FIGS. 9D and 10A, with the
intra-operatively gathered distance between the captured point 842
and the center point 840 of the sphere 832, of FIGS. 9C and
10B.
[0158] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query
the surgeon to capture a single point 842 on the anterior aspect of
the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture two points 842 on the
anterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments,
the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture five
points 842 on the anterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the
surgeon to capture ten points 842 on the anterior aspect of the
acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture fifteen points 842 on the
anterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments,
the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture another
number of points 842 on the anterior aspect of the acetabular rim
844.
[0159] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may display one point
842 at a time on the three dimensional bone model 512 and require
the surgeon to capture the corresponding point 842 on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) before the system 5 displays another
point 842 on the three dimensional bone model 512. In other
embodiments, the system 5 may display all points 842 (e.g., 1, 2,
5, 10, 15) on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis
and allow the surgeon to capture the corresponding points in any
order he or she chooses.
[0160] Continuing on with capturing the acetabular landmarks, the
surgeon may also capture one or more points on the acetabular
articular surface, at step 812 of FIG. 8. As seen in FIG. 10C,
which is an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional bone model
512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image space), one or more points 846
may be identified (e.g., highlighted) on a posterior aspect of the
articular surface 826 of the acetabulum 22 of the three dimensional
bone model 512 of the patient pelvis (image space). The system 5
may query the surgeon, as seen in FIG. 10D, which is a lateral view
of the patient pelvis 12 (physical space), to capture the
corresponding point(s) 846 on the posterior aspect of the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) by touching the distal end of the
navigational probe 56 against the point(s) 846 and logging,
collecting, or capturing the position of the point(s) 846 as
patient data within the system 5. As seen in FIG. 10D, the point
846 on the posterior aspect of the acetabulum 22 is accessible by
the surgeon from a direct anterior approach or an antero-lateral
approach.
[0161] For each point 846 identified by the system 5 and captured
by the surgeon, the system 5 may then compare the distance between
the identified point 846 and the center of rotation point 836
(image space), as seen in FIGS. 9D and 10C, with the
intra-operatively gathered distance between the captured point 846
and the center point 840 of the sphere 832, of FIGS. 9C and
10D.
[0162] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query
the surgeon to capture a single point 846 on the posterior aspect
of the acetabulum 22. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture two points 846 on the
posterior aspect of the acetabulum 22. In certain embodiments, the
system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture five points
846 on the posterior aspect of the acetabulum 22. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to
capture ten points 846 on the posterior aspect of the acetabulum
22. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the
surgeon to capture fifteen points 846 on the posterior aspect of
the acetabulum 22. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture another number of points
846 on the posterior aspect of the acetabulum 22.
[0163] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may display one point
846 at a time on the three dimensional bone model 512 and require
the surgeon to capture the corresponding point 846 on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) before the system 5 displays another
point 846 on the three dimensional bone model 512. In other
embodiments, the system 5 may display all points 846 (e.g., 1, 2,
5, 10, 15) on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis
and allow the surgeon to capture the corresponding points in any
order he or she chooses.
[0164] The following is a discussion of postero-lateral approaches
for capturing points on the acetabulum rim and articular surfaces
at steps 810 and 812. Reference is made to FIGS. 10E-10F for
capturing points on the acetabular rim 844 and to FIGS. 10G-10H for
capturing points on the articular surface 826 of the acetabulum
22.
[0165] As seen in FIG. 10E, which is a postero-lateral view of the
three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis 12 (image space)
displayed on a display screen 9, one or more points 848 may be
identified (e.g., highlighted) on a posterior aspect of the
acetabular rim 844 of the acetabulum 22 of the three dimensional
bone model 512 of the patient pelvis (image space). The system 5
may query the surgeon, as seen in FIG. 10F, which is a lateral view
of the patient pelvis 12 (physical space), to capture the
corresponding point(s) 848 on the posterior aspect of the
acetabular rim 844 of the patient pelvis 12 (physical space) by
touching the distal end of the navigational probe 56 against the
point(s) 848 and logging, collecting, or capturing the position of
the point(s) 848 as patient data within the system 5. As seen in
FIG. 10F, the point 848 on the posterior aspect of the acetabulum
rim 844 is accessible by the surgeon from a postero-lateral
approach.
[0166] For each point 848 identified by the system 5 and captured
by the surgeon, the system 5 may then compare the distance between
the identified point 848 and the center of rotation point 836
(image space), as seen in FIGS. 9D and 10E, with the
intra-operatively gathered distance between the captured point 848
and the center point 840 of the sphere 832, of FIGS. 9C and
10F.
[0167] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query
the surgeon to capture a single point 848 on a posterior aspect of
the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture two points 848 on a
posterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments,
the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture five
points 848 on a posterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the
surgeon to capture ten points 848 on a posterior aspect of the
acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture fifteen points 848 on a
posterior aspect of the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments,
the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture another
number of points 848 on a posterior aspect of the acetabular rim
844.
[0168] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may display one point
848 at a time on the three dimensional bone model 512 and require
the surgeon to capture the corresponding point 848 on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) before the system 5 displays another
point 848 on the three dimensional bone model 512. In other
embodiments, the system 5 may display all points 848 (e.g., 1, 2,
5, 10, 15) on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis
and allow the surgeon to capture the corresponding points in any
order he or she chooses.
[0169] Now the discussion will focus on capturing anterior
acetabular landmarks, at step 812 of FIG. 8. As seen in FIG. 10G,
which is a postero-lateral view of the three dimensional bone model
512 of the pelvis 12 (image space) displayed on a display screen 9,
one or more points 850 may be identified (e.g., highlighted) on an
anterior aspect of the articular surface 826 of the acetabulum 22
of the three dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12
(image space). The system 5 may query the surgeon, as seen in FIG.
10H, which is a lateral view of the patient pelvis 12 (physical
space), to capture the corresponding point(s) 850 on the anterior
aspect of the articular surface 826 of the acetabulum 22 of the
patient pelvis 12 (physical space) by touching the distal end of
the navigational probe 56 against the point(s) 850 and logging,
collecting, or capturing the position of the point(s) 850 as
patient data within the system 5. As seen in FIG. 10H, the point
850 on the anterior aspect of the articular surface 826 of the
acetabulum 22 is accessible by the surgeon from a postero-lateral
approach.
[0170] For each point 850 identified by the system 5 and captured
by the surgeon, the system 5 may then compare the distance between
the identified point 850 and the center of rotation point 836
(image space), as seen in FIGS. 9D and 10G, with the
intra-operatively gathered distance between the captured point 850
and the center point 840 of the sphere 832, of FIGS. 9C and
10H.
[0171] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query
the surgeon to capture a single point 850 on an anterior aspect of
the articular surface 826. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture two points 850 on an
anterior aspect of the articular surface 826. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to
capture five points 850 on an anterior aspect of the articular
surface 826. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and
query the surgeon to capture ten points 850 on an anterior aspect
of the articular surface 826. In certain embodiments, the system 5
may identify and query the surgeon to capture fifteen points 850 on
an anterior aspect of the articular surface 826. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to
capture another number of points 850 on an anterior aspect of the
articular surface 826.
[0172] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may display one point
850 at a time on the three dimensional bone model 512 and require
the surgeon to capture the corresponding point 850 on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) before the system 5 displays another
point 850 on the three dimensional bone model 512. In other
embodiments, the system 5 may display all points 850 (e.g., 1, 2,
5, 10, 15) on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis
and allow the surgeon to capture the corresponding points in any
order he or she chooses.
[0173] It is noted that the surgeon may select the type of surgical
approach within the system 5 so that the steps of capturing
acetabular landmarks, at step 808 in FIG. 8, are only displayed for
the selected surgical approach. In this way, for a direct anterior
or an antero-lateral surgical approach, as seen in FIGS. 10A-D, the
system 5 may only display anterior acetabular rim 844 points 842
and posterior articular surface 826 points 846 on the acetabulum
22. Similarly, for a postero-lateral approach, as seen in FIGS.
10E-10H, the system 5 may only display posterior acetabular rim 844
points 848 and anterior articular surface 826 points 850 on the
acetabulum 22.
[0174] The next step in the initial registration 802, according to
FIG. 8, is to capture a distant reference point 814. For this step
814, reference is made to FIGS. 11A-11C. As seen in FIG. 11A, which
is an antero-lateral view of the three dimensional bone model 512
of the patient pelvis 12 (image space) as displayed on a display
screen 9, a point 852 may be identified (e.g., highlighted) on a
distant reference point or marker such as the anterior superior
iliac spine ("ASIS") 854. In certain embodiments, the distant
reference point may be the iliac spine crest or other landmarks
that are spaced apart from the acetabulum 22. In certain
embodiments, the distant reference point may be another landmark
within the incision. In certain embodiments, the distant reference
point may be the ASIS on the non-operative side of the pelvis 12,
or another landmark on the non-operative side of the patient.
[0175] As seen in FIG. 11B, which is a lateral view of the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space), the system 5 may query the surgeon to
capture the corresponding point 852 on the ASIS 854 of the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) by touching the distal end of the
navigational probe 56 against the point(s) 852 and logging,
collecting, or capturing the position of the point(s) 852 as
patient data within the system 5. As seen in FIG. 11B, the point
852 on the ASIS 854 of the acetabulum 22 is accessible by the
surgeon from a multitude of surgical approaches since the ASIS may
be identified (e.g., palpated) without an incision into the patient
body. In the case of the system 5 using the iliac spine crest, a
bone pin incision may be made in order to capture the point 852 on
the iliac spine crest.
[0176] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query
the surgeon to capture a single point 852 (e.g., ASIS). In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to
capture two points 852 (e.g., ASIS, iliac spine crest). In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to
capture five points 852. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
identify and query the surgeon to capture ten points 852. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may identify and query the
surgeon to capture fifteen points 852. In certain embodiments, the
system 5 may identify and query the surgeon to capture another
number of points 852.
[0177] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may display one point
852 at a time on the three dimensional bone model 512 and require
the surgeon to capture the corresponding point 852 on the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space) before the system 5 displays another
point 850 on the three dimensional bone model 512. In other
embodiments, the system 5 may display all points 852 (e.g., 1, 2,
5, 10, 15) on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis
and allow the surgeon to capture the corresponding points in any
order he or she chooses.
[0178] For each point 852 identified by the system 5 and captured
by the surgeon, the system 5 may then compare the distance between
the identified point 852 and the center of rotation point 836
(image space), as seen in FIGS. 9D AND 11A, with the
intra-operatively gathered distance between the captured point 852
and the center point 840 of the sphere 832, of FIGS. 9C and
11B.
[0179] As seen in FIG. 11C, which is an antero-lateral view of the
three dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image
space) as displayed on a display screen 9, an intra-operatively
determined vector V1 is compared with a pre-operatively determined
vector V2. The intra-operatively determined vector V1 may extend
from the center point 840, which is coextensive with the center of
rotation point 836, to the intra-operatively captured point 852',
which corresponds to the ASIS 854 of the patient pelvis (physical
space). The pre-operatively determined vector V2 may extend from
the center of rotation point 836 to the point 852 on the ASIS 854
as determined from the pre-operative image scans (e.g., CT, MRI) of
the pelvis 12 (image space).
[0180] The vectors V1, V2 may extend from an acetabular plane 856
which is coextensive with the acetabular rim 844. From this plane
856, a normal line centered at the center of rotation 836 may be
identified. The angular difference A1 between the vectors V1, V2
may be used to lock the rotational alignment or orientation of the
intra-operatively captured points (physical space) with the three
dimensional bone model 512 (image space).
[0181] The system 5 may use the corresponding pre-operatively
captured landmark points (image space), stored as patient data, as
reference and give guidance to the user for capturing the
intra-operatively captured landmark points (physical space). In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may provide guidance based on the
three dimensional geometry of pre-operatively captured landmark
points (image space), and expect the same three dimensional
geometry for the corresponding intra-operatively captured landmark
points (physical space). In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
use the Euclidean distance of landmark points to provide guidance.
In certain embodiments, the system 5 may use the three dimensional
angle between the vectors calculated from the landmark points to
provide guidance. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may use the
paired-point registration algorithm to best fit the pre-operatively
captured landmark points (image space) and the corresponding
intra-operatively captured landmark points (physical space), and
use a fitting error to provide guidance. The guidance may be
visual, audio, or tactile feedback or a combination of each.
[0182] Upon the completion of intra-operatively captured landmark
points, the system 5 may use an algorithm to calculate the initial
registration 802 transform using the intra-operatively captured
landmark points (physical space) and the corresponding
pre-operatively captured landmark points (image space). In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may use a paired-point registration
algorithm to compute the initial registration 802 transform. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may use intra-operatively
captured landmark points 836, 842, 846, 848, 850, 852 (physical
space), stored as patient data, and the corresponding
pre-operatively captured landmark points (image space) to compute
the initial registration 802 transform. In certain embodiments, the
system 5 may only use a subset of the intra-operatively captured
landmark points and the corresponding pre-operatively captured
landmark points to find the best initial registration 802
transform.
ii. Fine Registration
[0183] Referring back to FIG. 8A, fine registration 816 includes a
region-based point collection or capture of acetabular landmarks
818. Within this step, points are captured at the acetabular rim
820 and at the articular surface of the acetabulum 822. As seen in
FIG. 8B, the region-based capture in the fine registration is
approach dependent. FIGS. 12A-12B illustrate an antero-lateral and
direct anterior approach to point capture on the acetabular rim
844, and FIGS. 12C-12D illustrate a postero-lateral approach to
point capture on the acetabular rim 844. In certain embodiments,
registration may be complete without the fine registration 816.
[0184] To begin, reference is made to FIGS. 12A and 12B, which are,
respectively, a lateral view of the three dimensional bone model
512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image space) and a lateral view of
the patient pelvis 12 (physical space). As seen in FIG. 12A, the
system 5 may identify a band 858, which may be highlighted, on the
anterior and superior aspect of the acetabular rim 844 that forms
the outer edge of the acetabulum 22 on the three dimensional bone
model 512 of the patient pelvis (image space). The band 858 may
extend outward a certain amount from the acetabular rim 844. The
band 858 may indicate an allowable location for a region-based
point collection or capture for a direct anterior or antero-lateral
surgical approach.
[0185] As seen in FIG. 12B, the system 5 may query the surgeon to
capture points 860 on the patient pelvis 12 (physical space), using
the navigational probe 56, that correspond with the location of the
band 858 on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis 12
(image space). Accordingly, the surgeon may contact the distal tip
of the navigational probe 56 against various points 860 on the
anterior and superior aspect of the acetabular rim 844 and capture,
log, collect, or store data associated with the location of each
point 860 as patient data within the system 5 (e.g., computer).
[0186] For fine registration of the acetabular rim 844 via a
postero-lateral approach, as seen in FIG. 12C, which is a lateral
view of the three dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis
12 (image space), the system may identify a band 862, which may be
highlighted, on the posterior and superior aspect of the acetabular
rim 844 that forms the outer edge of the acetabulum 22 on the three
dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image space).
The band 862 may indicate an allowable location for a region-based
point collection or capture for a postero-lateral surgical
approach.
[0187] As seen in FIG. 12D, the system 5 may query the surgeon to
capture points 864 on the patient pelvis 12 (physical space), using
the navigational probe 56, that correspond with the location of the
band 862 on the three dimensional bone model 512 of the pelvis 12
(image space). Accordingly, the surgeon may contact the distal tip
of the navigational probe 56 against various points 864 on the
posterior and superior aspect of the acetabular rim 844 and
capture, log, collect, or store data associated with the location
of each point 864 as patient data within the system 5 (e.g.,
computer).
[0188] During the step 820 of collecting points along the
acetabular rim 844, the system 5 may require the distance between
any two captured points 860 (for anterior and antero-lateral
approaches), 864 (for postero-lateral approaches) to be a minimum
distance apart from each other. In certain embodiments, the system
5 may require a minimum spacing between two captured points 860,
864 to be at least 1 mm. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may
require a minimum spacing between two captured points 860, 864 to
be at least 2 mm. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require
a minimum spacing between two captured points 860, 864 to be at
least 3 mm. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require a
minimum spacing between two captured points 860, 864 to be at least
4 mm. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require a minimum
spacing between two captured points 860, 864 to be at least 5 mm.
In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require a minimum spacing
between two captured points 860, 864 to be at least 6 mm. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may require a minimum spacing
between two captured points 860, 864 to be at least 7 mm. In
certain embodiments, the system 5 may require a different minimum
spacing between two captured points 860, 864. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may have an algorithm that defines a
required distance between any two points 860, 864 based on other
inputs (e.g. acetabulum 22 or acetabular component 28). In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may vary the distance between any two
points 860, 864 during point capture. Such a requirement may
facilitate the dispersion of captured points 860, 864 so that all
points 860, 864 are not captured in one region of the acetabular
rim 844, for example. In certain embodiments, the system 5 may not
require a defined distance spacing between points 860, 864. In
certain embodiments, the collected point 860, 864 that is not
satisfied the minimum spacing requirement may be rejected as an
outlier or still be used for the point-to-model surface matching in
fine registration 816.
[0189] In certain embodiments, the system 5 may require the surgeon
to capture a maximum and/or a minimum number of points 860, 864 for
a given surgical approach before proceeding to a subsequent step of
the registration process. For example, in certain embodiments the
system 5 may require a minimum of twenty points be captured. In
certain embodiments the system 5 may require a minimum of fifteen
points be captured. In certain embodiments the system 5 may require
a minimum of ten points be captured. In certain embodiments the
system 5 may require a minimum of five points be captured. In
certain embodiments the system 5 may require between ten and twenty
points be captured.
[0190] In a certain embodiment, the system 5 may optimize the
number of points 860, 864 by stopping point 860, 864 collection
when points 860, 864 are more than the minimum number of points
860, 864 but less than the maximum number of points 860, 864. The
system 5 may use an algorithm such as convergence metrics to
determine the stopping criterion/criteria. In a certain embodiment,
a convergence metric can be the difference between 1) the
root-mean-square error of point-to-model surface matching
calculated using N collected acetabular rim points 860, 864 plus
the articular surface points 830 and landmark points 842, 846, 848,
850, and 2) the root-mean-square error of point-to-model surface
matching calculated using a subset of collected acetabular rim
points 860, 864 such as N-1 collected points 860, 864 plus the
articular surface points 830 and landmark points 842, 846, 848,
850. If the difference between the two root-mean-square errors is
smaller than a predefined threshold, the system 5 ends the point
860, 864 collection early before the points 860, 864 reach the
maximum number of points 860, 864. In a certain embodiment, the
convergence metrics can be calculated every time when a new point
860, 864 is collected.
[0191] Referring back the fine registration 816 of FIG. 8A, the
acetabulum articular surface is captured 822 and stored as patient
data. This step 822 is similar to the methods described in
reference to FIGS. 9A and 9B and, thus, the following discussion
will be made with reference to those figures. Also, the discussion
in reference to FIGS. 9A and 9B is also applicable to the
discussion of step 822. For example, while the minimum distance
between the points 830 was discussed in reference to FIGS. 9A and
9B, the system 5 may use the same parameters in the fine
registration of the acetabulum articular surface capture 822. For
the fine registration at step 822, as seen in FIG. 9A, the system 5
may display on a display screen 9 a highlighted band 824 on the
articular surface 826 of the acetabulum 22 on the three dimensional
bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 (image space). As discussed
previously, this is a region-based point capture where the surgeon
may capture points 830 on the patient pelvis 12 (physical space) on
any area of the pelvis 12 that corresponds with the highlighted
band 824 (i.e., articular surface 826).
[0192] As with the methods described in reference to FIGS. 9A-9B,
the system 5 may require a certain number of points 830 be captured
before moving on to other steps in the registration 800. In certain
embodiments, the system 5 may require a minimum of twenty points be
captured. In certain embodiments the system 5 may require a minimum
of fifteen points be captured. In certain embodiments the system 5
may require a minimum of ten points be captured. In certain
embodiments the system 5 may require a minimum of five points be
captured. In certain embodiments the system 5 may require between
ten and twenty points be captured.
[0193] Once all the acetabular rim points 860, 864 are collected,
an algorithm may be used to determine the registration transform
for fine registration 816. In a certain embodiment, the system 5
may use Iterative Closest Point (ICP) (P. J. Besl, H. D. McKay, A
method for registration of 3-D shapes, IEEE Transactions on Pattern
Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 1992), a point-to-surface
matching algorithm that best fits the intra-operatively captured
points (physical space) with the three dimensional bone model 512
(image space). In certain embodiments, the intra-operatively
captured points might be a collection of previously mentioned
articular surface points 830, acetabular rim points 860, 864, and
landmark points 842, 846, 848, 850. In certain embodiments, the
intra-operatively captured points might be a collection of
articular surface points 830, acetabular rim points 860, 864, and
landmark points 842, 846, 848, 850 with certain points removed
(e.g., statistical outliers). In certain embodiments, the
intra-operatively captured points might be used for both initial
registration 802 and fine registration 816. In certain embodiments,
the ICP algorithm may use the initial registration 802 transform as
the initial guess to improve fine registration 816.
[0194] Using the information from the fine registration 816,
quality metrics may be employed to determine the accuracy of
registration.
[0195] Within the fine registration 816, quality metrics may be
employed for checking and verifying the accuracy of the rotational
orientation around the acetabular normal, as similarly described
with reference to FIG. 11C. As seen in FIG. 11C, an
intra-operatively determined vector V1 is compared with a
pre-operatively determined vector V2 to determine the difference in
rotational orientation between the intra-operatively captured
points and the pre-operatively determined points. The
intra-operatively determined vector V1 may extend from the center
point 840, which is coextensive with the center of rotation point
836, to the intra-operatively captured point 852', which
corresponds to the ASIS 854 of the patient pelvis (physical space).
The pre-operatively determined vector V2 may extend from the center
of rotation point 836 to the point 852 on the ASIS 854 as
determined from the pre-operative image scans (e.g., CT, MRI) of
the pelvis 12.
[0196] The vectors V1, V2 may extend from an acetabular plane 856,
defined in a lateral view, which is coextensive with the acetabular
rim 844. From this plane 856, a normal line centered at the center
of rotation 836 may be identified. The angular difference A1
between the vectors V1, V2 may be used to lock the rotational
alignment or orientation of the intra-operatively captured points
(physical space) with the three dimensional bone model 512 (image
space).
[0197] Another quality metric, as seen in FIG. 13A, which is an
antero-lateral view of the three dimensional bone model 512 of the
patient pelvis 12 (image space) displayed on a display screen 9 of
the system 5, may be employed for checking inclination or rotation
about a plane 866 perpendicular to the acetabular plane 856 as
described in reference to FIG. 11C. As seen in FIG. 13A, vectors
V1, V2 are the same vectors as shown and described in reference to
FIG. 11C. FIG. 13A simply displays the vectors V1, V2 with respect
to a plane 866 that is perpendicular to the acetabular plane 856 so
as to measure an angular difference A2 between the vectors V1, V2
in the plane 866. The angle A2 may be used to measure an
inclination or angular difference between the three dimensional
bone model 512 of the pelvis 12 (image space) and the patient
pelvis 12 (physical space).
[0198] Additionally or alternatively, the system 5 may include a
quality metric by instructing the user to collect additional points
on the patient's anatomy at different locations, and then the
system 5 measures the distance between the captured point and the
corresponding surface of the three dimensional bone model 512 to
ensure registration accuracy is acceptable. In certain instances,
the system 5 may queue the user to collect one verification point.
In certain instances, the system 5 may queue the user to collect
two verification points. In certain instances, the system 5 may
queue the user to collect three verification points. In certain
instances, the system 5 may queue the user to collect six
verification points. In certain instances, the system 5 may queue
the user to collect eight verification points. In certain
instances, the system 5 may queue the user to collect up to ten
verification points.
[0199] The location of the verification points may be locations
corresponding to low confidence of registration (e.g.,
point-to-surface mapping is above a certain threshold). This way,
areas of low confidence can identified and additional points can be
captured in these areas to determine if registration can result in
a higher confidence in the area. Once the user captures the
verification points, the captured points may be added to the
original point cloud, and all points may be used in the
registration algorithm to refine the registration transform.
[0200] In certain instances, the location of the verification
points may be approach dependent (e.g., direct anterior) so that
the points are within the opening of the incision. In certain
instances, the location of the verification points may be spaced
apart from previously captured points so as to ensure a minimum
distance between each of the captured points, or to ensure a
balanced distribution of the captured points.
[0201] Upon completion of the fine registration 816, the system 5
may indicate that the registration process 800 is complete, and the
surgical procedure may commence.
[0202] The following discussion focuses on a graphical user
interface ("GUI") 1000 associated with guiding the capture of
landmarks on the patient's anatomy during a registration procedure
of a robotic surgery. Such guidance may be useful for the surgeon
as he or she may be attempting to locate a physical point on the
patient's pelvis 12 while also looking at a corresponding virtual
point on the three dimensional bone model 512 displayed on a
display screen 9. In this way, the GUI 1000 may provide guidance to
the surgeon that he or she is nearing the physical point on the
pelvis 12 that corresponds to the virtual point on the bone model
512.
[0203] FIGS. 13B-13C depict a first embodiment of a GUI 1000 that
guides a user in capturing a point 1002. FIGS. 13D-13E depict a
second embodiment of a GUI 1000 that guides a user in capturing a
point 1002.
[0204] Referring to FIG. 13B, the GUI 1000 is displayed on a
display screen 9, which shows the three dimensional bone model 512
of the patient pelvis 12 on a portion of the screen 9. A virtual
point 1002 is displayed on the bone model 512 for which the user is
instructed to capture or collect with the system 5 on the patient's
pelvis (physical space) with the navigation probe or other tracked
tool (not shown). In certain instances, a radius of the virtual
point 1002 (being relative to the patient's anatomy as replicated
in the bone model 512) may be about 4 millimeters (mm). In certain
instances, the radius of the virtual point 1002 may be other
distances such as, for example, 2 mm, 6 mm, or 10 mm, among
others.
[0205] In the first embodiment, directional arrows or triangles
1004 will appear and surround point 1002 in a generally circular
fashion when the tip of the navigation probe or other tracked tool
is within a certain radius or distance to the physical point on the
patient's pelvis 12 that corresponds with the location of the
virtual point 1002 on the bone model 512. In certain instances, the
directional arrows 1004 will not be displayed until the tip of the
navigation probe is within a 100 mm radius of the physical point
that corresponds with the virtual point 1002. In this way, the
arrows 1004 may appear and disappear, respectively, as the tip of
the navigation probe moves within the 100 mm radius, and moves
outside of the 100 mm radius. The radius of 100 mm is exemplary,
and may be other distances such as, for example, 50 mm, 150 mm, or
200 mm, among others.
[0206] When the tip of the probe approaches and enters a certain
radius or distance away from the point on the patient's pelvis 12
corresponding to the point 1002 on the bone model 512 (e.g., 100
mm), the arrows 1004 may appear and be spaced apart from the point
1002 a first radius. As the user moves the tip of the probe closer
to the point on the patient's pelvis 12 corresponding to the point
1002 on the bone model 512, the arrows 1004 may move closer to the
point 1002, as seen in FIG. 13C. Stated differently, as the user
moves the tip of the probe closer to the point on the patient's
pelvis 12 corresponding to the point 1002 on the bone model 512,
the first radius decreases to a second radius. In certain
instances, as the tip of the probe gets progressively closer to the
physical point on the patient's pelvis 12 corresponding to the
point 1002 on the bone model 512, the arrows 1004 corresponding
move progressively closer to the point 1002, and the radius of the
arrows 1004 progressively decreases indicating the tip of the probe
is near the point 1002 to be captured. In certain instances, the
point 1002 and/or the arrows 1004 may change color when the point
is captured and/or when the tip of the probe is in a location
accurately corresponding to the point 1002.
[0207] In this way, the GUI 1000 includes the directional arrows
1004 sequentially transitioning from a first state, as seen in FIG.
13B, where the arrows 1004 are further away from the point 1002, to
a second state, as seen in FIG. 13C, where the arrows 1004 are
closer to the point 1002. In certain instances, the color of the
arrows and/or point 1002 may change when sequentially transitioning
from the first state to the second state. For example, the colors
may change from red, to yellow, and to green as the tip of the
navigation probe progressively moves closer to the point 1002.
[0208] Referring to FIG. 13D, the graphical user interface ("GUI")
1000 is displayed on a display screen 9, which shows the three
dimensional bone model 512 of the patient pelvis 12 on a portion of
the screen 9. A virtual point 1002 is displayed on the bone model
512 for which the user is instructed to capture with the system 5
on the patient's pelvis (physical space) with the navigation probe
or other tracked tool (not shown). In certain instances, a radius
of the virtual point 1002 (being relative to the patient's anatomy
as replicated in the bone model 512) may be about 4 mm. In certain
instances, the radius of the virtual point 1002 may be other
distances such as, for example, 2 mm, 6 mm, or 10 mm, among
others.
[0209] In the second embodiment, a reticle 1004 having a circle
with partial vertical and horizontal alignment indicators may
appear and surround point 1002 when the tip of the navigation probe
or other tracked tool is within a certain radius or distance to the
physical point on the patient's pelvis 12 that corresponds with the
location of the virtual point 1002 on the bone model 512. In
certain instances, the reticle 1004 will not be displayed until the
tip of the navigation probe is within a 100 mm radius of the
physical point that corresponds with the virtual point 1002. In
this way, the reticle 1004 may appear and disappear, respectively,
as the tip of the navigation probe moves within the 100 mm radius,
and moves outside of the 100 mm radius. The radius of 100 mm is
exemplary, and may be other distances such as, for example, 50 mm,
150 mm, or 200 mm, among others.
[0210] When the tip of the probe approaches and enters a certain
radius or distance away from the physical point on the patient's
pelvis 12 corresponding to the virtual point 1002 on the bone model
512, the circle of the reticle 1004 may appear and be spaced apart
from the point 1002 a first radius. As the user moves the tip of
the probe closer to the point on the patient's pelvis 12
corresponding to the point 1002 on the bone model 512, the radius
gets smaller such that the circle of the reticle 1004 moves closer
to the point 1002, as seen in FIG. 13E. Stated differently, as the
user moves the tip of the probe closer to the point on the
patient's pelvis 12 corresponding to the point 1002 on the bone
model 512, the first radius decreases to a second radius. In
certain instances, as the tip of the probe gets progressively
closer to the point on the patient's pelvis 12 corresponding to the
point 1002 on the bone model 512, the size of the circle (e.g., the
radius) of the reticle 1004 corresponding gets progressively
smaller and closer to the point 1002 indicating that the tip of the
probe is near the point 1002 to be captured. In certain instances,
the point 1002 and/or the circle of the reticle 1004 may change
color when the point is captured and/or when the tip of the probe
is in a location accurately corresponding to the point 1002.
[0211] In this way, the GUI 1000 includes the a reticle 1004
sequentially transitioning from a first state, as seen in FIG. 13D,
where a perimeter of the circle of the reticle 1004 is farther away
from the point 1002, to a second state, as seen in FIG. 13E, where
the perimeter of the circle of the reticle 1004 is closer to the
point 1002. In certain instances, the color of the reticle 1004
and/or point 1002 may change when sequentially transitioning from
the first state to the second state. For example, the colors may
change from red, to yellow, and to green as the tip of the
navigation probe progressively moves closer to the point 1002.
[0212] The directional arrows and reticle 1004 may be substituted
for other graphics including, but not limited to a bulls eye, a
pointer, a transparent circle or sphere, or destination pin, among
others. Additionally, or alternatively, the graphic may blink,
rotate, enlarge, or shrink to indicate a change in distance of the
tip of the probe to the point 1002. In certain instances, any
graphic may be used that generally identifies the point 1002 on the
bone model 512 in a first way when the tip of the probe is a first
distance from the point on the patient's pelvis 12 that corresponds
with the point 1002, and generally identifies the point 1002 on the
bone model 512 in a second way when the tip of the probe is a
second distance from the patient's pelvis 12 that corresponds with
the point 1002. In this example, the first distance may be further
away from the point 1002 than the second distance, and the first
way may be the graphic with a first diameter that is larger than a
second diameter of the graphic in the second way.
[0213] It is noted that the GUI described in reference to FIGS.
13B-E may be utilized at any step in the methods described herein
without limitation (e.g., initial registration, fine registration,
verification).
[0214] While the former sections of this application focus on
registration of the pelvis 12, the systems and methods described
herein are applicable to intra-operative registration of other
bones and joints. FIGS. 15A-15D depict example joints for
intra-operative registration including a knee joint 600, a shoulder
joint 700, an elbow joint 800, and an ankle joint 900,
respectively.
[0215] As seen in FIG. 15A, the knee joint 600 includes a distal
end of a femur 602 and a proximal end of a tibia 604. The distal
end of the femur 602 includes medial and lateral condyles 606. The
proximal end of the tibia 604 includes a tibial plateau 608
including medial and lateral portions configured to mate with the
corresponding condyles 606 of the femur 602. As the knee joint 600
is articulated, the condyles 606 rotate relative to the tibial
plateau 608. A thin layer of cartilage may be positioned between
the condyles 606 and the tibial plateau 608. As seen in the figure,
the condyles 606 may include a rounded or convex profile, whereas
the tibial plateau 608 includes a concave profile. A total knee
replacement may replace the distal end of the femur 602 including
the condyles 606 with a femoral component of an implant, as well as
a tibial component of an implant to replace the tibial plateau 608.
During surgical registration of the tibia 604 and femur 602 for the
knee arthroplasty, as with the systems and methods described with
reference to the pelvis 12, a center of rotation could be
calculated for the knee joint 600 based, for example, on a shape of
the tibial plateau 608, or otherwise. Similarly, portions of the
tibia 604 or femur 602 surrounding the tibial plateau 608 and
condyles 606 may be registered, as well as a long point on one or
both bones.
[0216] As seen in FIG. 15B, the shoulder joint 700 includes a
lateral portion of a scapula 702 and a proximal end of a humerus
704. The scapula 702 includes a glenoid cavity 706 which is a
shallow pyriform articular surface on a lateral end of the scapula
702. A humeral head 708, which is nearly hemispherical in shape,
articulates within the glenoid cavity 706. A conventional total
shoulder replacement surgery may replace the humeral head 708 and
glenoid cavity 706 with an implant having a stem that fits within
the humerus 704 and an implant ball that fits within a glenoid
socket component that is fitted to the scapula in place of the
glenoid cavity 706. Generally, the humeral head 708 may be
considered to include a convex bone portion, while the scapula 702
may be considered to include a concave bone portion. During
surgical registration of the scapula 702 and humerus 704 in
preparation for a shoulder arthroplasty, as with the systems and
methods described with reference to the pelvis 12, a center of
rotation could be calculated for the shoulder joint 700 based, for
example, on a shape of the glenoid cavity 706, or otherwise.
Similarly, portions of the scapula 702 surrounding the glenoid
cavity 706 (e.g., a rim of the glenoid cavity 706) may be
registered, as well as a long point (e.g., posterior spine of
scapula 702, clavicle, acromion).
[0217] As seen in FIG. 15C, the elbow joint 800 includes a distal
end of a humerus 802, and a proximal end of an ulna 804. The distal
end of the humerus 802 includes a trochlea 806 that articulates
with a trochlear notch 808 of the ulna 804. The trochlea 806 is
convex from anterior to posterior, and concave medial to lateral.
The trochlear notch 808 of the ulna 804 is concave anterior to
posterior, and convex medial to lateral. The distal end of the
humerus 802 also includes a capitulum that articulates with a head
of a radius (not shown). Generally, the distal end of the humerus
802 may be considered to include a convex bone portion, while the
ulna 804 may be considered to include a concave bone portion. A
conventional elbow replacement includes replacing the distal end of
the humerus 802 and the proximal end of the ulna 804 with an
implant component having a humeral metal stem component, a fixed
hinge, and an ulna metal stem component. During surgical
registration of the humerus 802 and the ulna 804, as with the
systems and methods described with reference to the pelvis 12, a
center of rotation could be calculated for the elbow joint 800
based, for example, on a shape of the trochlear notch 808, or
otherwise. Similarly, portions of the trochlear notch 808 (e.g.,
surrounding the notch 808, radial notch) may be registered, as well
a long point on the ulna 804.
[0218] As seen in FIG. 15D, the ankle joint 900 includes a distal
end of the tibia 902 and a talus 904. The fibula is not shown. The
distal end of the tibia 902 includes an inferior articular surface
or plafond. A superior surface of the talus 904 includes an
articular surface or trochlea tali, which is semi-cylindrical, and
which mates with the distal end of the tibia 902. Generally, the
distal end of the tibia 902 may be considered to include a concave
bone portion, while the talus may be considered to include a convex
bone portion. In a conventional ankle replacement surgery, the
distal end of the tibia 902 and a proximal portion of the talus 904
are replaced with a tibial component and a talar component,
respectively. The talar component is typically convex, and mates
with the tibial component, which is concave. During surgical
registration of an ankle replacement surgery, as with the system
and methods described with reference to the pelvis 12, a center of
rotation could be calculated for the ankle joint 900 based, for
example, on a shape of the distal end of the tibia 902 or plafond,
or otherwise. Similarly portions of the distal end of the tibia 902
or plafond (e.g., surrounding area) may be registered, as well as a
long point on the tibia 902 (e.g., tibial tuberosity).
[0219] FIGS. 16A and 16B depict additional or alternative
registration methods for other portions of the body that utilizes
pattern geometry to reduce the number of registrations points
needed for an accurate registration process. FIG. 16A depicts a
posterior view of a pelvis 12 including a left and right ilium
1100, and a sacrum 1102 between the left and right ilium 1100. FIG.
16B depicts a posterior view of a spinal column 1104.
[0220] As seen in FIG. 16A, there is a geometric relationship
between the right and left posterior superior iliac spine ("PSIS")
1106 and the distal sacrum 1108. The distal sacrum 1108 may be any
point at a medial-lateral midline of the sacrum 110 including, but
not limited to, the apex of the sacrum at its connection with the
base of the coccyx. The right and left PSIS 1106 and the distal
sacrum 1108 define an isosceles triangle with two equal length
sides 1110 and two equal angles 1112. Thus, the geometric
information can be used in the registration process in a similar
manner as the center of rotation calculation described previously.
For example, a surgeon may capture the location of the right and
left PSIS 1106 and the system 5 may guide the surgeon in capturing
the location of the distal sacrum 1108 given that the lengths 1110
to the distal sacrum 1108 from each of the PSIS 1106 must be equal.
Knowing the geometric relationship between the boney landmarks may
provide guidance to the surgeon by ensuring the location for
capturing of the distal sacrum 1108 is taken when the lengths 1110
are equal.
[0221] As seen in FIG. 16B, there is a geometric relationship
between the most proximal joints 1114 of the spine 1104 and the
most distal joints 1116 of the spine 1104. More particularly, the
proximal joints 1114 and the distal joints 1116 may define an
isosceles trapezoid with parallel bases 1118, 1120 and equal angles
1122 between the distal base 1118 and the legs 1124. Thus, the
geometric information can be used in the registration process in a
similar manner as the center of rotation calculation described
previously to ensure that the surgeon captures accurate points.
[0222] C. Registering of Robotic Arm
[0223] Referring back to FIG. 5, after registering the pelvis at
step S6, the robotic arm 30 may be registered at step S7. In this
step, the robotic arm 30 is registered to correlate the pose of the
robotic arm 30 (physical space) with the navigation system 7 (image
space). The robotic arm 30 can be registered, for example, as
described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/357,197 (Pub. No.
US 2006/0142657), filed Feb. 21, 2006, and hereby incorporated by
reference herein in its entirety.
[0224] D. Preparation of the Acetabulum and Performance of the
Surgical Procedure
[0225] In operation, the surgeon can use the robotic arm 30 of FIG.
3B to facilitate a joint replacement procedure, such as reaming
bone and implanting an acetabular cup for a total hip replacement
or hip resurfacing procedure. As explained above, the robotic arm
30 includes a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a cutting
element (for reaming) and to engage a prosthetic component (for
impacting). For example, as seen in FIG. 3B, for reaming, the end
effector 40 can couple to the operating member 100, which couples
to a cutting element. Similarly, for impacting, the end effector 40
can couple to another operating member, which engages the
prosthetic component. The robotic arm 30 can be used to ensure
proper positioning during reaming and impacting.
[0226] In step S8 of FIG. 5, the surgeon resurfaces the acetabulum
22 using a reamer, such as the operating member 100, coupled to the
robotic arm 30 of FIG. 3B. As described above in connection with
the operating member 100, the surgeon couples the appropriate
operating member (e.g., a straight or offset reamer) to the end
effector 40, connects the cutting element to the received operating
member, and manually manipulates the robotic arm 30 to ream the
acetabulum 22. During reaming, the robotic arm 30 provides haptic
(force feedback) guidance to the surgeon. The haptic guidance
constrains the surgeon's ability to manually move the surgical tool
to ensure that the actual bone cuts correspond in shape and
location to planned bone cuts (i.e., cuts consistent with the
surgical plan).
[0227] In step S9 of FIG. 5, the surgeon verifies that the
registration (i.e., the geometric relationship) between the
acetabular tracking array and the pelvis 12 is still valid by
contacting the pelvis checkpoint with a tracked probe as described,
for example, in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/750,807 (Pub.
No. US 2008/0004633), filed May 18, 2007, and hereby incorporated
by reference herein in its entirety. If registration has degraded
(e.g., because the acetabular tracking array was bumped during
reaming), the pelvis 12 is re-registered. Registration verification
can be performed any time the surgeon wants to check the integrity
of the acetabular registration.
[0228] In step S10 of FIG. 5, the prosthetic component 316 is
implanted on the reamed acetabulum 22 using an impactor tool. In a
manner identical to that described above in connection with step S8
(reaming), during the impaction step S10, the display device 9 can
show the planned pose 500, the activation region 510, the
representations 512, 514 of the anatomy, and a representation of
the surgical tool, as seen in FIG. 4. Also as described above in
connection with step S8, if the surgeon moves the end effector 40
to override the haptic feedback, the controller can initiate
automatic control of the surgical tool to substantially align at
least one aspect of the actual pose with the corresponding desired
aspect of the target pose.
[0229] In step S11 of FIG. 5, the surgeon installs the femoral
component on the femur 14, and in step S12, the surgeon determines
leg length and femoral offset. At any time during the surgical
procedure, the display device 9 can show data related to progress
and/or outcome. For example, after reaming in step S8 and/or
impacting in step S10), data relating to the actual position of the
reamed acetabulum 22 (or the implanted acetabular cup) can include,
for example, numerical data representing error between the actual
and planned locations in the three orthogonal planes of the
patient's anatomy (i.e., medial/lateral, superior/inferior, and
anterior/posterior).
[0230] V. Example Computing System
[0231] Referring to FIG. 14, a detailed description of an example
computing system 1300 having one or more computing units that may
implement various systems and methods discussed herein is provided.
The computing system 1300 may be applicable to any of the computers
or systems utilized in the preoperative or intra-operative planning
of the arthroplasty procedure (e.g., registration), and other
computing or network devices. It will be appreciated that specific
implementations of these devices may be of differing possible
specific computing architectures not all of which are specifically
discussed herein but will be understood by those of ordinary skill
in the art.
[0232] The computer system 1300 may be a computing system that is
capable of executing a computer program product to execute a
computer process. Data and program files may be input to the
computer system 1300, which reads the files and executes the
programs therein. Some of the elements of the computer system 1300
are shown in FIG. 14, including one or more hardware processors
1302, one or more data storage devices 1304, one or more memory
devices 1308, and/or one or more ports 1308-1310. Additionally,
other elements that will be recognized by those skilled in the art
may be included in the computing system 1300 but are not explicitly
depicted in FIG. 14 or discussed further herein. Various elements
of the computer system 1300 may communicate with one another by way
of one or more communication buses, point-to-point communication
paths, or other communication means not explicitly depicted in FIG.
14.
[0233] The processor 1302 may include, for example, a central
processing unit (CPU), a microprocessor, a microcontroller, a
digital signal processor (DSP), and/or one or more internal levels
of cache. There may be one or more processors 1302, such that the
processor 1302 comprises a single central-processing unit, or a
plurality of processing units capable of executing instructions and
performing operations in parallel with each other, commonly
referred to as a parallel processing environment.
[0234] The computer system 1300 may be a conventional computer, a
distributed computer, or any other type of computer, such as one or
more external computers made available via a cloud computing
architecture. The presently described technology is optionally
implemented in software stored on the data stored device(s) 1304,
stored on the memory device(s) 1306, and/or communicated via one or
more of the ports 1308-1310, thereby transforming the computer
system 1300 in FIG. 14 to a special purpose machine for
implementing the operations described herein. Examples of the
computer system 1300 include personal computers, terminals,
workstations, mobile phones, tablets, laptops, personal computers,
multimedia consoles, gaming consoles, set top boxes, and the
like.
[0235] The one or more data storage devices 1304 may include any
non-volatile data storage device capable of storing data generated
or employed within the computing system 1300, such as computer
executable instructions for performing a computer process, which
may include instructions of both application programs and an
operating system (OS) that manages the various components of the
computing system 1300. The data storage devices 1304 may include,
without limitation, magnetic disk drives, optical disk drives,
solid state drives (SSDs), flash drives, and the like. The data
storage devices 1304 may include removable data storage media,
non-removable data storage media, and/or external storage devices
made available via a wired or wireless network architecture with
such computer program products, including one or more database
management products, web server products, application server
products, and/or other additional software components. Examples of
removable data storage media include Compact Disc Read-Only Memory
(CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Disc Read-Only Memory (DVD-ROM),
magneto-optical disks, flash drives, and the like. Examples of
non-removable data storage media include internal magnetic hard
disks, SSDs, and the like. The one or more memory devices 1306 may
include volatile memory (e.g., dynamic random access memory (DRAM),
static random access memory (SRAM), etc.) and/or non-volatile
memory (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), flash memory, etc.).
[0236] Computer program products containing mechanisms to
effectuate the systems and methods in accordance with the presently
described technology may reside in the data storage devices 1304
and/or the memory devices 1306, which may be referred to as
machine-readable media. It will be appreciated that
machine-readable media may include any tangible non-transitory
medium that is capable of storing or encoding instructions to
perform any one or more of the operations of the present disclosure
for execution by a machine or that is capable of storing or
encoding data structures and/or modules utilized by or associated
with such instructions. Machine-readable media may include a single
medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed
database, and/or associated caches and servers) that store the one
or more executable instructions or data structures.
[0237] In some implementations, the computer system 1300 includes
one or more ports, such as an input/output (I/O) port 1308 and a
communication port 1310, for communicating with other computing,
network, navigation, or robotic devices. It will be appreciated
that the ports 1308-1310 may be combined or separate and that more
or fewer ports may be included in the computer system 1300.
[0238] The I/O port 1308 may be connected to an I/O device, or
other device, by which information is input to or output from the
computing system 1300. Such I/O devices may include, without
limitation, one or more input devices, or output devices, such as,
for example, robotic arms, and navigation and tracking systems.
[0239] In one implementation, the input devices convert a
human-generated signal, such as, human voice, physical movement,
physical touch or pressure, and/or the like, into electrical
signals as input data into the computing system 1300 via the I/O
port 1308. Similarly, the output devices may convert electrical
signals received from computing system 1300 via the I/O port 1308
into signals that may be sensed as output by a human, such as
sound, light, and/or touch. The input device may be an alphanumeric
input device, including alphanumeric and other keys for
communicating information and/or command selections to the
processor 1302 via the I/O port 1308. The input device may be
another type of user input device including, but not limited to:
direction and selection control devices, such as a mouse, a
trackball, cursor direction keys, a joystick, and/or a wheel; one
or more sensors, such as a camera, a microphone, a positional
sensor, an orientation sensor, a gravitational sensor, an inertial
sensor, and/or an accelerometer; and/or a touch-sensitive display
screen ("touchscreen"), and/or tracking/probe devices associated
with the navigation and tracking systems. The output devices may
include, without limitation, a display, a touchscreen, a speaker, a
tactile and/or haptic output device, and/or the like. In some
implementations, the input device and the output device may be the
same device, for example, in the case of a touchscreen.
[0240] In one implementation, a communication port 1310 is
connected to a network by way of which the computer system 1300 may
receive network data useful in executing the methods and systems
set out herein as well as transmitting information and network
configuration changes determined thereby. Stated differently, the
communication port 1310 connects the computer system 1300 to one or
more communication interface devices configured to transmit and/or
receive information between the computing system 1300 and other
devices by way of one or more wired or wireless communication
networks or connections. Examples of such networks or connections
include, without limitation, Universal Serial Bus (USB), Ethernet,
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.RTM., Near Field Communication (NFC), Long-Term
Evolution (LTE), and so on. One or more such communication
interface devices may be utilized via the communication port 1310
to communicate one or more other machines, either directly over a
point-to-point communication path, over a wide area network (WAN)
(e.g., the Internet), over a local area network (LAN), over a
cellular (e.g., third generation (3G) or fourth generation (4G))
network, or over another communication means. Further, the
communication port 1310 may communicate with an antenna or other
link for electromagnetic signal transmission and/or reception.
[0241] In an example implementation, patient data, bone models
(e.g., generic, patient specific), transformation software,
tracking and navigation software, registration software, and other
software and other modules and services may be embodied by
instructions stored on the data storage devices 1304 and/or the
memory devices 1306 and executed by the processor 1302. The
computer system 1300 may be integrated with or otherwise form part
of the surgical system 100. The system may be configured for
registering patient data gathered intra-operatively from a first
bone with a computer model of the first bone in a common coordinate
system. The first bone may joint a second bone to form a joint such
as, for example, a hip joint, a knee joint, a shoulder joint, an
elbow joint, or ankle joint, among others. The system may include a
surgical navigations ystem including a tracking device and a tool
(e.g., navigation probe, end of a surgical robotic arm) to be
tracked in its movement by the tracking device. Additionally, the
system may include a computing device (one or more) in
communication with the navigation system. The computing device may
perform the following steps: 1) receive first data points of the
patient data from first intra-operatively collected points on an
articular surface of the concave portion of the bone. The first
data points may be collected using the at least one tool. The first
data points may correspond in location to a first articular region
on the computer model. 2) receive a second data point from a second
intra-operatively collected point on the first bone. The second
data point may be collected using the at least one tool. The second
data point may correspond in location to a second virtual data
point on the computer model. 3) determine an intra-operative center
of rotation from the first data points. The intra-operative center
of rotation may correspond to a physical center of rotation of the
second bone relative to the first bone. 4) compare a first distance
between the virtual center of rotation and the second virtual data
point and a second distance between the intra-operative center of
rotation and the second data point. And, 5) run a transformation
with the patient data and the computer model so as to have them
correspond with respect to position and orientation.
[0242] The system set forth in FIG. 14 is but one possible example
of a computer system that may employ or be configured in accordance
with aspects of the present disclosure. It will be appreciated that
other non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage media
storing computer-executable instructions for implementing the
presently disclosed technology on a computing system may be
utilized.
[0243] In the present disclosure, the methods disclosed herein, for
example, those shown in FIGS. 5 and 8A-8B, among others, may be
implemented as sets of instructions or software readable by a
device. Further, it is understood that the specific order or
hierarchy of steps in the methods disclosed are instances of
example approaches. Based upon design preferences, it is understood
that the specific order or hierarchy of steps in the method can be
rearranged while remaining within the disclosed subject matter. The
accompanying method claims present elements of the various steps in
a sample order, and are not necessarily meant to be limited to the
specific order or hierarchy presented.
[0244] The described disclosure including any of the methods
described herein may be provided as a computer program product,
software, or computerized method that may include a non-transitory
machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which
may be used to program a computer system (or other electronic
devices) to perform a process according to the present disclosure.
A machine-readable medium includes any mechanism for storing
information in a form (e.g., software, processing application)
readable by a machine (e.g., a computer). The machine-readable
medium may include, but is not limited to, magnetic storage medium,
optical storage medium; magneto-optical storage medium, read only
memory (ROM); random access memory (RAM); erasable programmable
memory (e.g., EPROM and EEPROM); flash memory; or other types of
medium suitable for storing electronic instructions.
[0245] While the present disclosure has been described with
reference to various implementations, it will be understood that
these implementations are illustrative and that the scope of the
present disclosure is not limited to them. Many variations,
modifications, additions, and improvements are possible. More
generally, embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure
have been described in the context of particular implementations.
Functionality may be separated or combined in blocks differently in
various embodiments of the disclosure or described with different
terminology. These and other variations, modifications, additions,
and improvements may fall within the scope of the disclosure as
defined in the claims that follow. For example, while the
description discusses methods involving the hip, the disclosure is
similarly applicable to other joints including the shoulder, ankle,
and spine, among others.
[0246] In general, while the embodiments described herein have been
described with reference to particular embodiments, modifications
can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of
the disclosure. Note also that the term "including" as used herein
is intended to be inclusive, i.e. "including but not limited
to."
[0247] The construction and arrangement of the systems and methods
as shown in the various exemplary embodiments are illustrative
only. Although only a few embodiments have been described in detail
in this disclosure, many modifications are possible (e.g.,
variations in sizes, dimensions, structures, shapes and proportions
of the various elements, values of parameters, mounting
arrangements, use of materials, colors, orientations, etc.). For
example, the position of elements may be reversed or otherwise
varied and the nature or number of discrete elements or positions
may be altered or varied. Accordingly, all such modifications are
intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure.
The order or sequence of any process or method steps may be varied
or re-sequenced according to alternative embodiments. Other
substitutions, modifications, changes, and omissions may be made in
the design, operating conditions and arrangement of the exemplary
embodiments without departing from the scope of the present
disclosure.
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